Hospitalization rates and resource utilization of schizophrenic patients switched from oral antipsychotics to aripiprazole-depot in Germany

Abstract Objective Examine cost-driving factors of schizophrenia in Germany for patients prior- and post-switch from an oral antipsychotic therapy to aripiprazole-depot and perform a budget impact analysis (BIA) referring to the context of German health care. Methods A single-armed, retrospective, n...

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Main Authors: Christoph Potempa, Reinhard Rychlik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Health Economics Review
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13561-018-0215-5