Schizophrenia Research
Volume 77, Issue 2 , Pages 167-177, 15 September 2005

Patient characteristics and the likelihood of initiation on olanzapine or risperidone among patients with schizophrenia

  • Xinhua S. Ren

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    • Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 200 Springs Road, Building 70, Bedford, MA 01730, USA. Tel.: +1 781 687 2957; fax: +1 781 687 3106.
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  • Lewis E. Kazis

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    • Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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  • Austin F. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    • Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Yu-Hui Huang

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    • Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA
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  • Alaa Hamed

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Francesca Cunningham

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacy Benefits Management Strategic Group, Department of Veterans Affairs, Hines, IL, USA
    • Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Lawrence Herz

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, and Division of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Donald R. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    • Center for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA, USA

Received 2 November 2004; received in revised form 31 March 2005; accepted 4 April 2005.

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PII: S0920-9964(05)00139-8

doi:10.1016/j.schres.2005.04.005

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 77, Issue 2 , Pages 167-177, 15 September 2005