Table 3.

Number of patients receiving a new prescription of psychotropic drugs or a discontinuation of long-term psychotropic medication

	Total (N = 2130)	Benzodiazepines	Z-drugs	Antidepressants	Neuroleptics
new prescription	198 (9.3%)	33 (1.6%)	17 (0.8%)	126 (5.9%)	41 (1.9%)
long-term medication discontinued	118 (5.5%)	27 (1.3%)	15 (0.7%)	61 (2.9%)	31 (1.5%)

New prescription refers to psychotropic drugs newly prescribed during hospital stay and recommended in the discharge letter, long-term medication discontinued refers to medication, which was prescribed prior to hospital admission and discontinued during the hospital stay