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A population-based study of cholinesterase inhibitor use for dementia.

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OBJECTIVES:To examine current utilization patterns of cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) therapy for dementia to determine treatment duration, use in long-term care, how often patients receive these drugs until death, and frequency of switching between the available ChEIs. DESIGN:A population-based healthcare administrative database study. SETTING:Patients aged 66 and older from the Canadian province of Ontario who received a new prescription for a ChEI between June 1, 2000, and December 31, 2002. Patients were followed until discontinuation of ChEI therapy, death, or end of the observation period (March 31, 2005). PARTICIPANTS:Twenty-eight thousand nine hundred and sixty-one patients, including 4,601 residing in long-term care, mean age 80, 63% female. MEASUREMENTS:Information on diagnosis, medical comorbidity, physician visits, and concomitant medication use was obtained. Estimates of duration of continuous use were determined. The percentage of patients who remained on the initial dose prescribed, the proportion who switched to a second ChEI, and the percentage who remained on ChEIs until death were calculated. RESULTS:Patients had on average more than 26 physician visits in the year before ChEI therapy, but only 28% had seen a dementia specialist. Concomitant use of potentially inappropriate medications (strongly anticholinergic medications and benzodiazepines) was noted in 37% of patients. The average length of treatment for all patients was 866 days. Many patients (43%) remained on the initial dose prescribed, 6% switched to another ChEI, and 19% died while on ChEI therapy. CONCLUSION:Elderly patients with dementia are treated for lengthy periods of time with ChEIs in the community and in long-term care facilities. Further research is required to determine whether these utilization patterns are appropriate. It is also unclear whether these results are generalizable to other populations without universal health coverage or drug formulary benefits.

journal_name

J Am Geriatr Soc

journal_title

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

authors

Herrmann N,Gill SS,Bell CM,Anderson GM,Bronskill SE,Shulman KI,Fischer HD,Sykora K,Shi HS,Rochon PA

doi

10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01377.x

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-10-01 00:00:00

pages

1517-23

issue

eissn

0002-8614

issn

1532-5415

pii

JGS1377

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A population-based study of cholinesterase inhibitor use for dementia.