Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety
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Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf · Jan 2016
Antipsychotic prescribing for behavioral disorders in US youth: physician specialty, insurance coverage, and complex regimens.
To assess antipsychotic prescribing patterns according to insurance coverage type and physician specialty in the outpatient treatment of behavioral disorders (BD) in US youth. ⋯ In outpatient visits by youth for BD, antipsychotics were primarily prescribed by psychiatrists, concomitantly, and for the publicly insured. These treatment patterns merit further investigation.