Prescribing Trends and Associated Outcomes of Antiepileptic Drugs and Other Psychotropic Medications in US Nursing Homes: Proposal for a Mixed Methods Investigation

Jonathan D Winter   ¹ , MD ;   J William Kerns   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Nicole Brandt   ^{2 *} , MBA, PharmD ;   Linda Wastila   ^{2 *} , BSPharm, MSPH, PhD ;   Danya Qato   ^{2 *} , MPH, PhD ;   Roy T Sabo   ³ , PhD ;   Stephen Petterson   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   YoonKyung Chung   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Sarah Reves   ^{5 *} , C-FNP ;   Christopher Winter   ^{1 *} , BS ;   Katherine M Winter   ^{1 *} , C-FNP ;   Eposi Elonge   ² , MS ;   Craig Ewasiuk   ¹ , JD, PhD ;   Yu-Hua Fu   ² , MS ;   Adam Funk   ³ , BS ;   Alex Krist   ^{1 *} , MD ;   Rebecca Etz   ^{5 *} , PhD

¹ Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, School of Medicine, Viginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States

² Peter Lamy Center on Drug Therapy and Aging, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, United States

³ Department of Biostatistics, School of Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States

⁴ Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, Reston, VA, United States

⁵ Larry A. Green Center, Richmond, VA, United States

*these authors contributed equally