Analysis cost-use of the typical and atypical antipsychotics: implications on public health

Authors

  • Arícia Rodrigues Diógenes
  • Francisco das Chagas Rodrigues
  • Caroline Addison Xavier
  • Gerlane Coelho Guerra
  • Maria do Socorro Costa Feitosa Alves
  • Aurigena Antunes Ferreira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v6i3.4386

Keywords:

antipsychotics medicaments- Schizophrenia, Health economics.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relation cost/use of the two groups of antipsychotics: typical and atypical. The data were collected in the Psychiatric Hospital Doctor João Machado in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte state/ Brazil from 2002 to 2005. The cost/usebetween the two antipsychotics groups is analyzed using the Student t Test (p < 0,05) and the correlation between cost/use for the two groups made with Pearson Correlation (p < 0,05). The difference of cost is significant between the groups antipsychotics (p < 0,0001). The Correlation Coefficient in the cost/use analysis is significant with atypical antipsychotics (p < 0,02). Our study corroborates a public health trend in Rio Grande do Norte State/Brazil that starts supporting atypical psychotic therapeutics.

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Published

2007-01-01

How to Cite

Diógenes, A. R., Rodrigues, F. das C., Xavier, C. A., Guerra, G. C., Alves, M. do S. C. F., & Ferreira, A. A. (2007). Analysis cost-use of the typical and atypical antipsychotics: implications on public health. Journal of Medical and Biological Sciences, 6(3), 275–281. https://doi.org/10.9771/cmbio.v6i3.4386

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2007): Revista de Ciências Médicas e Biológicas

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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