{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Hart LC"],"funding":["Intramural CDC HHS"],"pagination":["2028-2036"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7969464"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["25(14)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>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.<h4>Method</h4>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.<h4>Results</h4>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).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Adolescents and young adults with ADHD who changed from pediatric to exclusively non-pediatric providers less frequently continued to receive ADHD medications."],"journal":["Journal of attention disorders"],"pubmed_title":["Changes in Provider Type and Prescription Refills Among Privately Insured Children and Youth With ADHD."],"pmcid":["PMC7969464"],"funding_grant_id":["CC999999"],"pubmed_authors":["Grosse SD","Danielson ML","Kemper AR","Baum RA","Hart LC"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Changes in Provider Type and Prescription Refills Among Privately Insured Children and Youth With ADHD.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>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.<h4>Method</h4>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.<h4>Results</h4>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).<h4>Conclusion</h4>Adolescents and young adults with ADHD who changed from pediatric to exclusively non-pediatric providers less frequently continued to receive ADHD medications.","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Dec","modification":"2025-04-05T10:17:14.045Z","creation":"2025-04-05T10:17:14.045Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7969464","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32942928"],"doi":["10.1177/1087054720956727"]}}