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<a href="http://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1772" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1772</a>
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e1772–e1772
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10
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9
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Ethnic and Age Disparities in Patients Taking Long-acting Injectable Atypical Antipsychotics.
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Cureus
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2017
2017-10
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antipsychotics; asian americans; duration of untreated psychosis; inpatient psychiatry; long-acting injections; psychopharmacology; racial disparities; schizophrenia
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Soleman Mateen; Lam Nikki; Woo Benjamin K
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Introduction This study will determine whether different ethnicities and different age groups receive equal amounts of long-acting atypical antipsychotics in comparison to their oral equivalents. Methods Secondary analyses of data from the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Electronic Health Record (total N=63,134 inpatient visits) were performed. Chi-squared statistics were used to compare ethnicity and age with the use of either risperidone injectable or paliperidone palmitate (r-LAIs) versus risperidone oral. Results Among the 63,134 total inpatient visits, there were 3,011 patient visits that included the use of an atypical antipsychotic. Of these 3,011 visits, 452 (15.0%) were on r-LAIs and 2,559 (85.0%) were on risperidone oral. No statistically significant disparities were identified with the use of r-LAIs as compared to oral risperidone amongst ethnic groups (chi-square = 0.88, df = 3, p = 0.831). However, there was a statistically significant difference with the use of r-LAIs as compared to oral Risperidone amongst age groups, favoring younger patients (chi-square = 13.46, df = 3, p \textless 0.004). Conclusion Our data indicate a lack of ethnic disparities in prescribing long-acting atypical antipsychotics and an increased percentage of younger patients being treated with atypical depot antipsychotics over their oral equivalents.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1772" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.7759/cureus.1772</a>
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2017
antipsychotics
Asian Americans
Cureus
duration of untreated psychosis
inpatient psychiatry
Lam Nikki
long-acting injections
Psychopharmacology
racial disparities
Schizophrenia
Soleman Mateen
Woo Benjamin K