ArticleJournal of health economics2014
Do stimulant medications improve educational and behavioral outcomes for children with ADHD?
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- Exploring the Effects of Pharmacological, Psychosocial, and Alternative/Complementary Interventions in Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Meta-Regression Approach.The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology · 2021Pooled it
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- Universal Pharmacare and Contraceptive Dispensations Among Youth.JAMA pediatrics · 2025Article
- ADHD and Suicide Risk: The Overlooked Roles of Comorbid Disorders and Stimulant Medications.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2025Article
- Differential costs for the non-adult ADHD population in Catalonia.Health economics review · 2023Article
- The Contributions of Cognitive Abilities to the Relationship between ADHD Symptoms and Academic Achievement.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- ADHD diagnosis and methylphenidate consumption in children and adolescents: A systematic analysis of health databases in France over the period 2010-2019.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Overdiagnosis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Scoping Review.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- DOES PRENATAL WIC PARTICIPATION IMPROVE CHILD OUTCOMES?American journal of health economics · 2020Article
- Executive and non-executive functions in low birthweight/preterm adolescents with differing temporal patterns of inattention.PloS one · 2020Article
- Trends in psychiatric disorders prevalence and prescription patterns of children in Alberta, Canada.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2019Article
- Impact of public hospital pricing reform on medical expenditure structure in Jiangsu, China: a synthetic control analysis.BMC health services research · 2019Article
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- The Effect of Neurocognitive Function on Math Computation in Pediatric ADHD: Moderating Influences of Anxious Perfectionism and Gender.Child psychiatry and human development · 2018Article
- Exploding asthma and ADHD caseloads: The role of medicaid managed care.Journal of health economics · 2018Article
- Medical treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and children's academic performance.PloS one · 2018Article
- Mitigating risks of students use of study drugs through understanding motivations for use and applying harm reduction theory: a literature review.Harm reduction journal · 2017Review
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Abstract
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.
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