Short-acting antipsychotics or long-acting injectables? A treatment comparison in patients with schizophrenia
N.N. · Gesundheitsökonomie & Qualitätsmanagement · 2020 · Heft 3 · S. 170 bis 178
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Abstract Aim This research aims to compare the efficacy and direct costs of short-acting oral antipsychotics and aripiprazole once-monthly (AOM) in the context of the treatment of patients with schizophrenia based on real-world data in Germany. Method Results are based on a single-armed, retrospective, non-interventional pre-post comparison study evaluating data from 132 patients with schizophrenia before and after switching from oral antipsychotics to AOM treatment (6 months each). Socio-demographics, as well as parameters of indication, efficacy and resource consumption were analyzed and statistically evaluate…