Do prior authorization policies discourage first-line antipsychotic use in patients newly discharged from a hospitalization for schizophrenia in Saskatchewan?

Blackburn, David F

Do prior authorization policies discourage first-line antipsychotic use in patients newly discharged from a hospitalization for schizophrenia in Saskatchewan? [electronic resource] - Journal of population therapeutics and clinical pharmacology = Journal de la therapeutique des populations et de la pharmacologie clinique 2014 - e31-7 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Adult
Antipsychotic Agents--therapeutic use
Benzodiazepines--therapeutic use
Cohort Studies
Databases, Factual
Dibenzothiazepines--therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Male
Olanzapine
Patient Discharge
Practice Patterns, Physicians'--statistics & numerical data
Quetiapine Fumarate
Retrospective Studies
Risperidone--therapeutic use
Saskatchewan
Schizophrenia--drug therapy