Table 2 Comparison of utilization (concurrent and post) with switching/stopping
From: The impact of antipsychotic adherence on acute care utilization
No Switch or Stop | Switch | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adherence < 0.5 (n = 155) | Adherence 0.5 – 0.79 (n = 375) | Adherence ≥ 0.8 (n = 828) | Adherence < 0.5 (n = 34) | Adherence 0.5 – 0.79 (n = 109) | Adherence ≥ 0.8 (n = 158) | Stop (n = 331) | P-value | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
Any ED Visit | ||||||||
0 – 6 Months | 80 (51.6) | 174 (46.4) | 321 (38.8) | 21 (61.8) | 57 (52.3) | 74 (46.8) | 176 (53.2) | < 0.001 |
6 -12 Months | 72 (46.5) | 153 (40.8) | 298 (36.0) | 15 (44.1) | 49 (45.0) | 52 (32.9) | 133 (40.2) | 0.064 |
Prior year | 99 (63.9) | 233 (62.1) | 446 (53.9) | 25 (73.5) | 73 (67.0) | 106 (67.1) | 207 (62.5) | 0.001 |
Any Mental Health ED Visit | ||||||||
0 – 6 Months | 13 (8.4) | 39 (10.4) | 85 (10.3) | 11 (32.4) | 19 (17.4) | 26 (16.5) | 30 (9.1) | 0.001 |
6 -12 Months | 16 (10.3) | 34 (9.1) | 51 (6.2) | 5 (14.7) | 12 (11.0) | 16 (10.1) | 17 (5.1) | 0.032 |
Any Inpatient Admission | ||||||||
0 – 6 Months | 46 (29.7) | 120 (32.0) | 188 (22.7) | 15 (44.1) | 42 (38.5) | 54 (34.2) | 118 (35.6) | < 0.001 |
6 -12 Months | 41 (26.5) | 101 (26.9) | 152 (18.4) | 7 (20.6) | 20 (18.4) | 29 (18.4) | 82 (24.8) | 0.009 |
Prior Year | 59 (38.1) | 153 (40.8) | 297 (35.9) | 18 (52.9) | 46 (42.2) | 61 (38.6) | 150 (45.3) | 0.050 |
Any Mental Health Inpatient Admission | ||||||||
0 – 6 Months | 30 (19.4) | 74 (19.7) | 120 (14.5) | 10 (29.4) | 31 (28.4) | 38 (24.0) | 71 (21.4) | 0.001 |
6 -12 Months | 24 (15.5) | 60 (16.0) | 92 (11.1) | 4 (11.8) | 13 (11.9) | 20 (12.7) | 51 (15.4) | 0.235 |
Weight Change | ||||||||
7% Weight Gain | 26 (16.8) | 61 (16.3) | 133 (16.1) | 5 (14.7) | 28 (25.7) | 49 (31.0) | 59 (17.8) | < 0.001 |