Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33704681›Full record

ArticleAdvances in therapy2021

The Impact of Once-Monthly Paliperidone Palmitate on Healthcare Utilization Among Patients With Schizophrenia Treated in an Integrated Healthcare System: A Retrospective Mirror-Image Study.

Rohan Mahabaleshwarkar, Dee Lin, Jesse Fishman, Todd Blair, Timothy Hetherington, Pooja Palmer, Charmi Patel, Carmela Benson, Kruti Joshi, Constance Krull and 1 more

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Advances in therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rohan MahabaleshwarkarCenter for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA. Rohan.Mahabaleshwarkar@atriumhealth.org.ORCID 0000-0002-3165-4870
Dee LinReal World Value & Evidence, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Titusville, NJ, USA.
Jesse FishmanValue & Evidence Scientific Engagement, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Titusville, NJ, USA.
Todd BlairCenter for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Timothy HetheringtonCenter for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Pooja PalmerCenter for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Charmi PatelReal World Value & Evidence, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Titusville, NJ, USA.
Carmela BensonReal World Value & Evidence, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Titusville, NJ, USA.
Kruti JoshiReal World Value & Evidence, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, Titusville, NJ, USA.
Constance KrullCenter for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Oleg V TcheremissineBehavioral Health Charlotte, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, USA.
Atrium Medical Cente · USJanssen (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionPrevious evidence demonstrated that patients with schizophrenia consumed substantial healthcare resources in an integrated healthcare system. This study evaluated the impact of initiating once-monthly paliperidone palmitate (PP1M) on healthcare resource utilization (HRU) among patients with schizophrenia treated in a US integrated healthcare system.

methodsThis retrospective study used electronic medical records from Atrium Health. Adults with at least two diagnoses of schizophrenia who received an initial PP1M dose between September 2009 and April 2019 (the corresponding date defined the index date) and at least one subsequent dose within 90 days were included. Additionally, patients were required to have received active care (at least one healthcare visit every 6 months) during 12-month pre- and post-index periods and at least one oral antipsychotic prescription during the 12-month pre-index period. Inpatient, emergency room (ER), and outpatient visits were compared over 12-month pre- versus post-index periods within the same cohort using McNemar's and Wilcoxon signed rank tests. Findings were reported for all patients and separately in patients with at least one schizophrenia relapse (schizophrenia-related inpatient or ER visit) during the 12-month pre-index period.

resultsThe study cohort included 210 patients (mean age 34.2 years, 69.5% male, 39.1% had Medicaid). From the 12-month pre- to post-index period, the proportion of patients with visits and mean number of visits reduced for all-cause inpatient (67.6% to 22.4%, 1.2 to 0.4), 30-day readmission (12.4% to 2.4%, 0.2 to 0.1), and ER (68.6% to 45.7%, 2.3 to 1.2) visits, whereas the mean number of outpatient visits increased (8.7 to 11.6) (all P < 0.05). Similar trends were observed for mental health- and schizophrenia-related HRU. The trends in HRU in patients with prior relapse were similar with a higher extent of reduction in inpatient and ER use compared to the overall cohort.

conclusionInitiation of PP1M was associated with reduced acute HRU in patients with schizophrenia, indicating potential clinical and economic benefits, especially in patients with prior relapse.

Indexed as

Antipsychotic AgentsDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedSchizophreniaAdultFemaleHumansMalePaliperidone PalmitateRetrospective StudiesAntipsychotic AgentsPaliperidone PalmitateHealthcare resource utilizationOnce-monthly paliperidone palmitateRetrospective cohort studySchizophrenia

Identifiers

PMID33704681
PMCPMC7948675
OpenAlexW3135022675

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.