Since our previous study showed a decreasing trend in polypharmacy for antidepressants and antipsychotics before 2014, the lower polypharmacy rates observed in this study may not be related to policy interventions. 3 Second, because this study examined the total number of psychotropics prescribed to older adults within 1 month, the number of patients who switched medications was estimated to be higher than the actual number of prescribed medications.
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Effects of policy interventions on psychotropic polypharmacy in Japanese older adults.
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