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Association between societal costs and treatment response in children and adolescents with ADHD and their parents. A cross-sectional study in the Netherlands.

Annemarie van der Kolk, Clazien Am Bouwmans, Saskia J Schawo, Jan K Buitelaar, Michel van Agthoven, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen

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Article in SpringerPlus, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Annemarie van der KolkRadboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, the Netherlands ; Janssen-Cilag BV, P.O. Box 90240, 5000 LT Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Clazien Am BouwmansInstitute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA), P.O. Box 1738, 3000, DR Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Saskia J SchawoInstitute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA), P.O. Box 1738, 3000, DR Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Jan K BuitelaarRadboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, P.O. Box 9010, 6500 GL Nijmegen, the Netherlands ; Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Centre, Reinier Postlaan 12, 6525 GC Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Michel van AgthovenGilead Sciences B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Leona Hakkaart-van RoijenInstitute for Medical Technology Assessment (iMTA), P.O. Box 1738, 3000, DR Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Institute of Technology Assessment · ATRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is associated with considerable burden of illness at a patient, family and societal level. Although pharmacological treatment is recommended by authoritative guidelines, evidence on its influence on the broader burden of illness is limited. As treatment induces costs, proper healthcare decision making requires evidence on the associated societal costs or benefits and particularly the difference that response to treatment can make. Data on ADHD related resource use of patients 8-18 years and parents were collected by means of a cross-sectional, online survey amongst members of the Dutch parent association. Children were stratified to responders and non-responders to treatment according to pre-defined expert definitions. Analyses were performed on 618 questionnaires (428 responders; 190 non-responders to treatment). Children were 11.8 years on average and mainly boys (82 %). Total monthly costs for children were €578 and €839 for responders and non-responders, respectively (p = 0.021), with a breakdown to direct medical costs (€322 vs. €512; p = 0.068), direct non-medical costs (€222 vs. €296; p = 0.090), and indirect non-medical costs (€34 vs. €57; p < 0.001). For parents, total costs were €246 vs. €399 for the responding and non-responding children, respectively (p = 0.006), with a breakdown to direct medical costs (€130 vs. €211; p = 0.010) and indirect non-medical costs (€116 vs. €181; p = 0.092). Total monthly costs of children and their parents together were €824 and €1228 for responders and non-responders to treatment, respectively (p = 0.002). These results stress the importance of a focus on response to treatment, not only beneficial for patients and their family, but also resulting in considerable societal benefits.

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ADHDBurden of illnessCross-sectionalSocietal costsTreatment response

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PMID26155437
PMCPMC4488238
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