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Audit Finds Widespread Use Of Antipsychotic Drugs In Nursing Homes : Shots - Health Blog : NPR

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About 14 percent of elderly nursing homes residents receives a so-called atypical antipsychotic medicine despite an increased risk of death when the medicines are used to manage dementia in older people.

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