Analysis Of Medicare Part D Enrollees Who Use Antidepressant Or Antipsychotic Medications

This document was released by the Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on March 5, 2015. In the analysis, the study population was comprised of Medicare Part D enrollees who used antipsychotic (AP) or antidepressant (AD) medications, and is defined as beneficiaries who had one or more prescription drug event (PDE) claim(s) for an AD or AP medication in the 2012 Standard Analytic File (SAF) accessed February 10, 2014. Part D enrollees in standalone Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plans (MA-PDs) were included in this analysis . . .