Trends in Antipsychotic Medication Use in Young Privately Insured Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate trends of annual antipsychotic medication use by privately insured young children (aged 2-7 years) in the United States, and to describe the clinical and treatment characteristics of these children.

Method

The study population included young children from a nationwide commercial claims database (2007-2017). We estimated annual antipsychotic use by age and sex, defined as the number of children dispensed an antipsychotic per year divided by the number enrolled. We described clinical diagnoses and mental health service use in those with prescription antipsychotic use in 2009 and 2017.

Results

Annual antipsychotic use in young children was 0.27% in 2007, peaked at 0.29% in 2009, and statistically significantly declined to 0.17% by 2017 (linear trend

SUBMITTER: Bushnell GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8055725 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature