Guidelines and recommendations for ADHD in children and adolescents

CADTH
Record ID 32012000031
English
Authors' recommendations: Evidence-based recommendations support the use of stimulants as first-line therapy and the consideration of symptom profile in the use of long- or short-acting formulations when treating children and adolescents with severe ADHD. The drug payment information presented in this summary report reveals substantial use of health care budgets to reimburse long-acting formulations. In 2010, expenditures on long-acting medications had exceeded $35 million (or 77% of total expenditures on ADHD medications) by public drug plans in Canada.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2011
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: Canada
MeSH Terms
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Adolescent
Contact
Organisation Name: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
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