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

Exhibit 4.

Characteristics and mental health diagnoses (hierarchical classification) in children enrolled in Medicaid with antipsychotic use in 2008, 2013, 2016

Children with antipsychotic use
Patient characteristic 2008
N=348,253
2013
N=395,424
2016
N=323,861
No. % No. % No. %
Female 104,142 29.9 122,830 31.1 106,435 32.9
Age, median (IQR) 12 (9–15) 12 (9–15) 13 (10–15)
 2–5 years 15,176 4.4 12,229 3.1 6,748 2.1
 6–12 years 165,879 47.6 187,766 47.5 147,651 45.6
 13–17 years 167,198 48.0 195,429 49.4 169,462 52.3
Race, ethnicity
 White, non-Hispanic 192,587 55.3 200,169 50.6 144,839 44.7
 Black, non-Hispanic 73,991 21.2 77,490 19.6 53,498 16.5
 Hispanic 37,563 10.8 44,939 11.4 42,985 13.3
 Asian, non-Hispanic 1,370 0.4 1,851 0.5 2,328 0.7
 Other non-Hispanic 5,827 1.7 9,839 2.5 4,628 1.4
 Unknown 36,915 10.6 61,136 15.5 75,583 23.3
Any diagnosis associated with an FDA approved indication (1+ drug in class, any age <18) 133,378 38.3 160,237 40.5 145,569 44.9
Hierarchical classification (mutually exclusive groups)a
 Schizophrenia, psychotic-related disorders 18,995 5.5 29,711 7.5 26,663 8.2
 Pervasive developmental disorder; Intellectual disabilities 49,880 14.3 73,327 18.5 74,419 23.0
 Bipolar disorder 62,086 17.8 54,123 13.7 41,808 12.9
 Tic disorder 2,417 0.7 3,076 0.8 2,679 0.8
 Conduct, disruptive behavior disorder, without ADHD 23,448 6.7 24,480 6.2 15,856 4.9
 Conduct, disruptive behavior disorder, with comorbid ADHD 43,011 12.4 61,800 15.6 50,312 15.5
 ADHD 79,733 22.9 88,593 22.4 65,706 20.3
 Depression 11,923 3.4 14,668 3.7 15,848 4.9
 PSTD 3,318 1.0 3,432 0.9 2,980 0.9
 Anxiety disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder 2,956 0.8 4,078 1.0 3,993 1.2
 Adjustment-related disorders 3,674 1.1 2,900 0.7 1,856 0.6
 Other/unspecified mood disorder 4,638 1.3 7,251 1.8 3,963 1.2
 Sleep disorder 887 0.3 886 0.2 729 0.2
 Other mental health diagnosis 5,865 1.7 4,985 1.3 4,146 1.3
No mental health diagnosis 35,422 10.2 22,114 5.6 12,903 4.0

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

a

Hierarchical classification results presented from 45 states; hierarchical classification results restricted to the 20 states matching Stephen Crystal et al (2016)(6) are available on request.