Report Summarizes Managed Care Study Findings from Rutgers University – The State University of New Jersey (Antipsychotic Medication Use In Medicaid-insured Children Decreased Substantially Between 2008 and 2016): Managed Care

2023 SEP 11 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Managed Care is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in New Brunswick, New Jersey, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “After the rapid growth of pediatric antipsychotic prescribing in the early 2000s, especially in the Medicaid population, concerns regarding the safety and appropriateness of such prescribing increased. Many states implemented policy and educational initiatives aimed at safer and more judicious antipsychotic use.”

Funders for this research include Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA, NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the Rutgers University - The State University of New Jersey, “Antipsychotic use leveled off in the late 2000s, but there have been no recent national estimates of trends in antipsychotic use in children enrolled in Medicaid, and it is unclear how use varied by race and ethnicity. This study observed a sizable decline in antipsychotic use among children ages 2-17 between 2008 and 2016. Although the magnitude of change varied, declines were observed across foster care status, age, sex, and racial and ethnic groups studied.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The proportion of children with an antipsychotic prescription who received any diagnosis associated with a pediatric indication that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration increased from 38 percent in 2008 to 45 percent in 2016, which may indicate a trend toward more judicious prescribing.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Antipsychotic Medication Use In Medicaid-insured Children Decreased Substantially Between 2008 and 2016. Health Affairs, 2023;42(7):973-980. Health Affairs can be contacted at: Project Hope, 7500 Old Georgetown Rd, Ste 600, Bethesda, MD 20814-6133, USA.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Greta Bushnell, Rutgers University - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, United States. Additional authors for this research include James Lloyd, Sharon Cook, Himshikha Das, Stephen Crystal and Mark Olfson.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.01625. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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