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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Anti-Psychotic Prescribing in Individuals with Autism, Dementia, Learning Disability, Serious Mental Illness or Living in a Care Home: A Federated Analysis of 59 Million Patients’ Primary Care Records in Situ Using OpenSAFELY
2023-03-01
Abstract excerpt
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected health and social care services. We aimed to explore whether this affected antipsychotic prescribing in at-risk populations.<br><br>Methods: With the approval of NHS England, we completed a retrospective cohort study, using the OpenSAFELY platform to explore primary care data of 59 million patients. We identified patients in five at-risk groups: autism, dem...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 6b148f5a-177f-5eb4-b9a5-ce72a7098f55
- DOI
- 10.2139/ssrn.4369346
