TY  - JOUR
T1  - NUrsing home antipsychotics
AU  - Mitka M
Y1  - 2012/01/11
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2011.1930
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 134
EP  - 134
VL  - 307
IS  - 2
N2  - 
Daniel Levinson, the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general, testified before the committee that his office recently issued 2 reports that found 14% of nursing home residents (approximately 300 000 patients) had Medicare claims for atypical antipsychotic drugs; that half of these drug claims should not have been paid by the government because the drugs were not used for medically accepted indications; and that for 1 in 5 of these claims, nursing homes dispensed the drugs in a way that violated standards for their use (for example, the prescription dose was too high or residents were taking the medication for too long).

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1930
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1930
ER  -