Antipsychotic and benzodiazepine use among nursing home residents: findings from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey.

Stevenson DG, Decker SL, Dwyer LL, Huskamp HA, Grabowski DC, Metzger ED, Mitchell SL. Antipsychotic and benzodiazepine use among nursing home residents: findings from the 2004 National Nursing Home Survey. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2010 Dec;18(18). 1078-92. PMID: 20808119 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3009456 NIHMSID: NIHMS257638.

Abstract

To document the extent and appropriateness of use of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines among nursing home residents using a nationally representative survey.