Trend and area variation in amphetamine prescription usage among children and adolescents in Michigan

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 60; no. 3; pp. 617 - 626
• Main Authors: Lin, Swu-Jane, Crawford, Stephanie Y., Lurvey, Patricia L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2005; Elsevier; Pergamon Press Inc
• Series: Social Science & Medicine
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Amphetamine; Amphetamine Prescribing rate Area variation Children and adolescents Spatial analysis USA; Amphetamines; Amphetamines - therapeutic use; Area variation; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Children; Children & youth; Children and adolescents; Drug abuse; Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data; Drug Utilization; Drugs; Geographic variations; Health Services Research; Humans; Medical Decision Making; Medical sciences; Medications; Michigan; Neuropharmacology; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Prescribing; Prescribing rate; Psychoanaleptics: cns stimulant, antidepressant agent, nootropic agent, mood stabilizer..., (alzheimer disease); Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopharmacology; Rates; Spatial analysis; Teenagers; USA; United States; North America; America; Michigan; United States > US; Spatial analysis; Prescribing rate; Area variation; USA; Children and adolescents; Amphetamine; Human; Amphetamine derivatives; Drug; CNS stimulant; Psychotropic; Trend; Variations; Medical prescription; Adolescent; Amfetamine; Child; Social aspect; Public health

The increased use of stimulant medications for children and teenagers is an ongoing issue of professional and public concern. Unlike methylphenidate, the growth of prescriptions and patterns of utilization of amphetamines for pediatric populations have not been well documented. The study objectives...