?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Prevalence+%26+Prescription%3A+Prescribing+Practices+of+Clozapine+in+Australia+between+2005+%26+2010&rft.creator=Vella%2C+SC&rft.creator=Pai%2C+NB&rft.subject=JOURNALS&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Clozapine+is+an+anti-psychotic+used+to+treat+refractory+schizophrenia.+This+study+reviews+the+rates+of+clozapine+prescription+for+refractory+schizophrenia+in+a+region+of+Australia+and+compares+the+prescribing+patterns+to+the+estimated+prevalence+rates+of+refractory+schizophrenia+in+the+region.+Utilising+a+pharmacoepidemiological+approach%3B+the+results+indicated+that+only+8.4%25+of+the+individuals+estimated+to+be+suffering+from+refractory+schizophrenia+in+the+region+were+prescribed+clozapine+between+2005+and+2010%2C+with+only+4.1%25+continuing+clozapine+to+the+conclusion+of+the+study.++In+conclusion+it+is+evident+that+clozapine+is+widely+under-prescribed+in+this+area+of+Australia.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-04-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8871%2F1%2F2012-1-6.pdf&rft.identifier=++Vella%2C+SC+and+Pai%2C+NB++(2012)+Prevalence+%26+Prescription%3A+Prescribing+Practices+of+Clozapine+in+Australia+between+2005+%26+2010.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8871%2F