Treatment costs of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in Germany

Sebastian Braun (), Jan Zeidler, Roland Linder, Susanne Engel, Frank Verheyen and Wolfgang Greiner

The European Journal of Health Economics, 2013, vol. 14, issue 6, 939-945

Abstract: ADHD costs are relevant from health insurance perspective. The expenses for occupational therapy constitute the cost driver. Compared to the findings of studies from the United States and contrarily to the backdrop of public discussions about considerably increased prescriptions of ADHD-specific drugs, the significantly higher additional expenses for occupational therapy services are impressing. This kind of therapy is internationally rather unknown and is therefore not acknowledged as a therapeutic standard. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

Keywords: ADHD; Social health insurance fund; Claims data; Costs; Germany; I13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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