Choice of atypical antipsychotic therapy for patients with schizophrenia: An analysis of a medicaid population

In this study of data from patients with schizophrenia identified in the NC Medicaid claims database, sex, a history of psychiatric-related hospitalization, and geographic residence were found to be correlated with the selection of treatment with olanzapine versus risperidone. These findings need to be confirmed in large, randomized, prospective studies.