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Changes in Provider Type and Prescription Refills Among Privately Insured Children and Youth With ADHD
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12 2021
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Source: J Atten Disord. 25(14):2028-2036
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Alternative Title:J Atten Disord
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Description:Objective:
The aim of this paper is to understand associations between age and health care provider type in medication continuation among transition-aged youth with ADHD.
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Using an employer-sponsored insurance claims database, we identified patients with likely ADHD and receipt of ADHD medications. Among patients who had an outpatient physician visit at baseline and maintained enrollment at follow-up 3 years later, we evaluated which ones continued to fill prescriptions for ADHD medications.
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Patients who were younger at follow-up more frequently continued medication (77% of 11–12 year-olds vs. 52% of 19–20 year-olds). Those who saw a pediatric provider at baseline and follow-up more frequently continued to fill ADHD medication prescriptions than those who saw a pediatric provider at baseline and non-pediatric providers at follow-up (71% vs. 53% among those ages 15–16 years at follow-up).
Conclusion:
Adolescents and young adults with ADHD who changed from pediatric to exclusively non-pediatric providers less frequently continued to receive ADHD medications.
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Pubmed ID:32942928
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC7969464
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Volume:25
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Issue:14
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