Reducing hypnotic use in insomnia management among Australian veterans: results from repeated national interventions.

Background: The Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) Veterans' Medicines Advice and Therapeutics Education Services (Veterans' MATES) programme conducted two intervention (March 2009, follow-up intervention June 2012) both of which aimed to reduce hypnotic use among Australian veterans. We evaluated the effectiveness of the interventions, and estimated the associated health consequences.

Methods: Both interventions targeted veterans who had been dispensed hypnotics prior to the intervention.