RESOURCE USE AND ASSOCIATED COSTS OF LONG ACTING INJECTABLE ANTIPSYCHOTICS- A RAMQ DATABASE ANALYSIS
Author(s)
Lachaine J1, Lapierre M1, Abdalla N2, Rouleau A3, Stip E4
1University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Lundbeck Canada Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Lundbeck SAS, Global Epidemiology, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, 4, Montreal, QC, Canada
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to describe the resource use before, and after, initiation of long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAI-AP) using the provincial public drug reimbursement program database of the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ). METHODS: Patients who were incident users (no use in the previous 12 months) of a LAI-AP prescribed between January 1st
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-05, ISPOR 2014, Palais des Congres de Montreal
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 3 (May 2014)
Code
PMH40
Topic
Economic Evaluation
Topic Subcategory
Cost/Cost of Illness/Resource Use Studies
Disease
Mental Health