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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 Jul;42(7):973–980. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.01625

Exhibit 2.

Prevalence of antipsychotic use in children (2–17 years) enrolled in Medicaid, 2008–2016 a,b

Year Children with antipsychotic use, Full sample Children in foster carec Children not in foster care
No. % No. % No. %
2008 348,253 2.31 68,657 10.89 279,596 1.93
2009 366,072 2.20 66,578 10.86 299,494 1.87
2010 374,715 2.10 62,332 10.40 312,383 1.81
2011 385,357 2.04 58,972 10.32 326,385 1.78
2012 392,168 1.98 61,582 10.05 330,586 1.72
2013 395,424 1.95 61,382 9.81 334,042 1.70
2014 372,037 1.70 50,535 9.15 321,502 1.51
2015 358,904 1.52 35,389 8.88 323,515 1.39
2016 323,861 1.32 37,369 7.09 286,492 1.19

SOURCE [Authors’ analysis of data from CMS Medicaid data from 2008–2016]

a

Antipsychotics included first-generation antipsychotic medications: chlorpromazine, fluphenazine, haloperidol, loxapine, mesoridazine, molindone, perphenazine, pimozide, promazine, thioridazine, thiothixene, trifluoperazine, triflupromazine; and second-generation antipsychotic medications: aripiprazole, asenapine, brexpiprazole, cariprazine, clozapine, iloperidone, lurasidone, olanzapine, paliperidone, quetiapine, risperidone, ziprasidone; Combination products olanzapine/fluoxetine and perphenazine/amitriptyline were included.

b

Medicaid data from 45 states (excluded states include Arizona, Delaware, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, along with the District of Columbia); For 2015 Maryland data, we required only 11 months of enrollment given missing March 2015 monthly enrollment indicator

c

Foster care status was based on Medicaid eligibility in December of that calendar year