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. 2025 Dec;(543):10.15620/cdc/174629. doi: 10.15620/cdc/174629

Visits to Health Centers by Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: United States, 2023.

Jill J Ashman, Loredana Santo, Zachary J Peters, Titilayo Okeyode, Doreen Gidali
PMCID: PMC12914751  PMID: 41678835

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This report describes rates and characteristics of health center visits by adults with diagnosed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), using data from the 2023 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Health Center (NAMCS HC) Component.

METHODS

Data for this report are from the 2023 NAMCS HC Component, and 95 health centers participated out of the 315 health centers that were contacted to participate, resulting in a response rate of 30.2% (unweighted). Data analyses were performed using the statistical packages SAS version 9.4 (SAS Institute, Cary, N.C.) and SAS-callable SUDAAN version 11.0 (RTI International, Research Triangle Park, N.C.). Two-tailed t tests with a significance level of p < 0.05 were used to determine statistically significant differences.

KEY FINDINGS

The health center visit rate for adults with ADHD was 52.6 visits per 10,000 adults in 2023 and decreased by age, with adults with ADHD ages 18-24 having the highest rate (92.6) and those age 65 and older having the lowest rate (6.5). An estimated 69.6% of health center visits by adults with ADHD included documentation in the electronic health record of a co-diagnosis of any of the selected mental health disorders.

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