Customized classes range widely.
Nonholiday group classes range from $25 to $30.
Attack rates by class ranged from 50%to77%7%.
The mean number of new oral antihyperglycemic medication classes added was 1.2 (range 1 3).
Agreement ranged from moderate to very good for three medication classes captured in RAI-MDS data, and was lowest for anti-anxiety/hypnotic medications.
Cohen's κ ranged from 0.39 to 0.85 and was highest for the first two medication classes.
The average number of medication classes for which patients received prescriptions in the baseline year was 6.4 (SD = 4.5; range 0 33) for schizophrenia-only patients, 10.0 (SD = 5.3; range 0 36) for both conditions, 8.7 (SD = 4.7; range 0 42) for diabetes-only.
Of the three medication classes, over-the-counter medications were used most frequently.
Four medication classes were analyzed: mood stabilizers, antidepressants, antipsychotics, and benzodiazepines.
Relationships between gender and medication classes in use and cluster analysis-identified chronobiological characteristics were noted.
