Nationwide trends in diagnosed sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use disorders in adolescents and young adults enrolled in Medicaid: 2001-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use disorders (SHA-UD) are defined by significant impairment or distress caused by recurrent sedative, hypnotic or anxiolytic use. This study aimed to measure trends in the prevalence of SHA-UD diagnoses in adolescent and young adult US Medicaid enrollees from 2001 to 2019.

Design

Annual, cross-sectional study, 2001-2019.

Setting

Medicaid Analytic eXtracts (MAX) and Transformed Medicaid Analytic Files (TAF) from 42 US states with complete data.

Participants/cases

Adolescents (13-17 years) and young adults (18-29 years) with ≥10 months Medicaid enrollment in the calendar year; analytic sample contained 5.7 (2001) to 13.2 (2019) million persons per year.

Measurements

Annual prevalence of SHA-UD in adolesc

SUBMITTER: Bushnell G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11986281 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature