کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
961222 1478975 2014 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Do stimulant medications improve educational and behavioral outcomes for children with ADHD?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Do stimulant medications improve educational and behavioral outcomes for children with ADHD?
چکیده انگلیسی
We examine the effects of a policy change in the province of Quebec, Canada which greatly expanded insurance coverage for prescription medications. We show that the change was associated with a sharp increase in the use of stimulant medications commonly prescribed for ADHD in Quebec relative to the rest of Canada. We ask whether this increase in medication use was associated with improvements in emotional functioning or academic outcomes among children with ADHD. We find little evidence of improvement in either the medium or the long run. Our results are silent on the effects on optimal use of medication for ADHD, but suggest that expanding medication in a community setting had little positive benefit and may have had harmful effects given the average way these drugs are used in the community.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Health Economics - Volume 37, September 2014, Pages 58-69
نویسندگان
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