Methylphenidate patterns among medicaid youths

Psychopharmacology Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 143-147

  Zito, Julie Magno ^a   Safer, Daniel J ^b   DosReis, Susan ^a   Magder, Laurence S ^a   Riddle, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

children and adolescents; medicaid; methylphenidate; pharmacoepidemiology; psychotropic drug use patterns

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHYLPHENIDATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; MEDICAID; METHYLPHENIDATE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030997130     PISSN: 00485764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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