Table 3.

Antipsychotic-related health service outcomes

AD patients have more emergency department visits due to medication adverse events than non-AD patients and are more likely to be admitted to the hospital [65]

AD patients with adverse drug events have longer hospitalisations and higher in-hospital mortality compared to non-AD patients [65] and patients who do not take antipsychotics [66]

Co-prescribing benzodiazepines and antipsychotics significantly increases hospitalisation rates compared to antipsychotic monotherapy [57]

Dementia patients taking antipsychotics have higher rates of hospital admissions with infections, diseases of respiratory, genitourinary and cardiovascular systems, as well as mental and behavioural disorders [66]

Treatment with antipsychotics may increase the risk of reliance on long-term care and institutionalisation for patients with dementia [67]

Treatment with antipsychotics does not reduce healthcare costs [68]

AD Alzheimer’s disease