Two-year Rehospitalization Rates of Patients with Newly Diagnosed or Chronic Schizophrenia on Atypical or Typical Antipsychotic Drugs: Retrospective Cohort Study

Abstract

Rehospitalization rates of patients who were prescribed atypical antipsychotic drugs were similar to those of patients who were prescribed typical antipsychotic drugs for both the group with the first psychotic episode and group with chronic schizophrenia.