Datapoints: psychotropic drug utilization among elderly nursing home residents in the United States.

摘要

According to the 2004 NNHS, an estimated .83 million (CI=.82-.85) elderly nursing home residents received at least one psychotropic medication, for an overall prevalence of 63.2% (CI= 62.2%-64.2%). As reported in Figure 1, antidepressant agents were the most prescribed psychotropic class (46.2% of all elderly nursing home residents), followed by antipsychotics (24.8%) and anxiolytics (12.6%).