| Literature DB >> 25749894 |
Magdalena A Stroka1,2,3.
Abstract
A widely discussed shortcoming of long-term care in nursing homes for the elderly is the inappropriate or suboptimal drug utilization, particularly of psychotropic drugs. Using administrative data from the largest sickness fund in Germany, this study was designed to estimate the effect of institutionalization on the drug intake of the frail elderly. Difference-in-differences propensity score matching techniques were used to compare drug prescriptions for the frail elderly who entered a nursing home with those who remained in the outpatient care system; findings suggest that nursing home residents receive more doses of antipsychotics, antidepressants, and analgesics. The potential overprescription correlates with estimated drug costs of about €87 million per year.Entities:
Keywords: Drug over- and undersupply; Expenditures; Medical costs; Medication errors; Patient safety
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25749894 DOI： 10.1007/s10198-015-0676-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Health Econ ISSN： 1618-7598