Am J Psychiatry 1977; 134:73-76
Copyright © 1977 by American Psychiatric Association
The effect of low-cost maintenance medication on the rehospitalization of schizophrenic outpatients
J Cody and AM Robinson
In an effort to determine whether expense is a relevant factor when
schizophrenic outpatients discontinue maintenance medication, the authors
gave low-cost drugs to 44 subjects, while 46 control subjects paid the
retail rate. The unexpected result was that the group receiving low-cost
drugs had a significantly higher rate of rehospitalization. The authors
suggest that monetary investment on the patient's part may be an important
factor in successful drug maintenance.
