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Andrea Gruneir, PhD; Kate L. Lapane, PhD

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We read the recent article by Rochon et al¹ with a heavy heart. That 1 in 3 Canadian nursing home (NH) residents receives an antipsychotic medication is alarming. Although cross-national comparisons of antipsychotic use indicate significant variation by country,² the Canadian findings suggest a similar situation to the one in the United States. The introduction of atypical antipsychotics sets off a dramatic increase in the use of these medications in NHs, but the recent evidence on their risks³ leaves us wondering how it is possible that 20 years after the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 we have come full circle to the same spot.

Research that characterizes facility variations in antipsychotic use, like the work by Rochon and colleagues,¹ is sorely needed, but it also points to the need for research that can further explain these variations. In the US NH sector, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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