Costs and treatment patterns of incident ADHD patients - a comparative analysis before and after the initial diagnosis -

Mike Klora (), Jan Zeidler (), Roland Linder (), Frank Verheyen () and Johann Graf von der Schulenburg

Health Economics Review, 2015, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: This study provides important insights into the costs as well as the treatment patterns of incident ADHD patients. ADHD-related costs and medications can be identified prior to the date of the first ADHD diagnosis. Although, multimodal therapy is presented as an optimal treatment option by many international guidelines and experts, its proportion for treatment is low (10 %). Further research is necessary to identify reasons for the low proportion of multimodal therapy and (cost-)effectiveness has to be evaluated in comparison to other treatment options. In addition, ADHD-related costs could be identified before the first diagnosis is documented. The reasons for medication prior to diagnosis have to be further investigated. Copyright Klora et al. 2015

Keywords: Claims data; Incidence; ADHD; Costs; Germany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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