Article date: February 1991
By: C. Edwards, JL Bushnell, CH Ashton, MD Rawlins, in Volume 31, Issue 2, pages 190-192
In‐patient prescribing and usage of hypnotic and anxiolytic drugs were surveyed in a teaching hospital for 4 to 6 weeks. Twenty‐one percent of admissions were prescribed these drugs which were predominantly benzodiazepines. Few patients (1.6%) were discharged with such prescriptions and subsequent usage in the community was similar to that before admission to hospital (6.1% and 6.4% respectively). In‐patient consumption increased with patient age and both prescriptions and consumption were greater in women than men.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.1991.tb05513.x
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