Pediatric Drug Adherence and Parental Attention: Evidence from Comprehensive Claims Data

Josh Feng, Matthew Higgins and Elena Patel

No 30968, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Using comprehensive U.S. drug claims data, we show that adherence to asthma control medication declined during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that young children exhibited a 40 percent decrease in adherence by the end of 2020. The responses were less negative for older children and positive for adults. We provide additional evidence that parental attention played a role in driving this decrease, based on heterogeneity by pre-pandemic mail order usage and the number of parental scripts. Policy implications for improving pediatric adherence are discussed.

JEL-codes: I12 I14 L65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-02
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