Susanna N Visser1, Dennis Kramer2, Angela B Snyder3, Joyce Sebian4, Garry McGiboney2, Arden Handler5. 1. 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. 2. 2 Georgia Department of Education, Atlanta, USA. 3. 3 Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA. 4. 4 Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, MD, USA. 5. 5 University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between school climate and ADHD medication treatment among adolescents in Medicaid in Georgia. METHOD: School climate and Medicaid claims data were aggregated for 159 GA counties. County-level school climate percentile and medicated ADHD prevalence were calculated. The t tests and regression models evaluated the relationship between school climate, medicated ADHD, and demographics, weighted by county population. Poorer 2008 school climate (<25th percentile) was regressed on 2011 medicated ADHD prevalence, controlling for potential confounders. RESULTS: The prevalence of medicated ADHD was 7.8% among Medicaid-enrolled GA adolescents. The average county-level prevalence of medicated ADHD was 10.0% ( SD = 2.9%). Poorer school climate was associated with lower rates of medicated ADHD ( p < .0001); along with demographics, these factors accounted for 50% of the county variation in medicated ADHD. CONCLUSION: School climate is associated with medicated ADHD among adolescents in Medicaid. Additional research may reveal whether high medicated ADHD may reflect a lack of access to non-pharmacological therapies in some communities.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between school climate and ADHD medication treatment among adolescents in Medicaid in Georgia. METHOD: School climate and Medicaid claims data were aggregated for 159 GA counties. County-level school climate percentile and medicated ADHD prevalence were calculated. The t tests and regression models evaluated the relationship between school climate, medicated ADHD, and demographics, weighted by county population. Poorer 2008 school climate (<25th percentile) was regressed on 2011 medicated ADHD prevalence, controlling for potential confounders. RESULTS: The prevalence of medicated ADHD was 7.8% among Medicaid-enrolled GA adolescents. The average county-level prevalence of medicated ADHD was 10.0% ( SD = 2.9%). Poorer school climate was associated with lower rates of medicated ADHD ( p < .0001); along with demographics, these factors accounted for 50% of the county variation in medicated ADHD. CONCLUSION: School climate is associated with medicated ADHD among adolescents in Medicaid. Additional research may reveal whether high medicated ADHD may reflect a lack of access to non-pharmacological therapies in some communities.
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Keywords:
ADHD; behavioral problems; health care utilization; medication treatment; school climate
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