Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
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Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol · Apr 2019
Trends in prescriptions for sedative-hypnotics among Korean adults: a nationwide prescription database study for 2011-2015.
This study investigated prescriptions for sedative-hypnotics via data obtained from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment (HIRA) service. ⋯ Benzodiazepine prescriptions as well as those for antipsychotics and antidepressants to treat insomnia increased during 2011-2015 in Korea. Monitoring the use of sedative-hypnotics at the national level is necessary, especially in the elderly population.