Treatment Services for Children With ADHD: A National Perspective
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent PsychiatryPublished 1 February 2000
Kimberly Hoagwood, Kelly J. Kelleher, MICHAEL FEIL, Diane Comer
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Significant shifts have occurred in stimulant prescriptions since 1989, with prescriptions now comprising three fourths of all visits to physicians by children with ADHD and diagnostic services increased 3-fold between 1989 and 1996.
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The trends in treatment services and physician variations in service delivery point to major gaps between the research base and clinical practice. Clinical variations may reflect training differences, unevenness in the availability of specialists and location of services, and changes in health care incentives.
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