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Orth LE, Feudtner C, Kempe A, Morris MA, Colborn KL, Gritz RM, Linnebur SA, Begum A, Feinstein JA. A coordinated approach for managing polypharmacy among children with medical complexity: rationale and design of the Pediatric Medication Therapy Management (pMTM) randomized controlled trial. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:414. [PMID: 37120509 PMCID: PMC10148507 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09439-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Children with medical complexity (CMC) often rely upon the use of multiple medications to sustain quality of life and control substantial symptom burden. Pediatric polypharmacy (≥ 5 concurrent medications) is prevalent and increases the risk of medication-related problems (MRPs). Although MRPs are associated with pediatric morbidity and healthcare utilization, polypharmacy is infrequently assessed during routine clinical care for CMC. The aim of this randomized controlled trial is to determine if a structured pharmacist-led Pediatric Medication Therapy Management (pMTM) intervention reduces MRP counts, as well as the secondary outcomes of symptom burden and acute healthcare utilization. METHODS This is a hybrid type 2 randomized controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of pMTM compared to usual care in a large, patient-centered medical home for CMC. Eligible patients include all children ages 2-18 years old, with ≥ 1 complex chronic condition, and with ≥ 5 active medications, as well as their English-speaking primary caregivers. Child participants and their primary parental caregivers will be randomized to pMTM or usual care before a non-acute primary care visit and followed for 90 days. Using generalized linear models, the overall effectiveness of the intervention will be evaluated using total MRP counts at 90 days following pMTM intervention or usual care visit. Following attrition, a total of 296 CMC will contribute measurements at 90 days, which provides > 90% power to detect a clinically significant 1.0 reduction in total MRPs with an alpha level of 0.05. Secondary outcomes include Parent-Reported Outcomes of Symptoms (PRO-Sx) symptom burden scores and acute healthcare visit counts. Program replication costs will be assessed using time-driven activity-based scoring. DISCUSSION This pMTM trial aims to test hypotheses that a patient-centered medication optimization intervention delivered by pediatric pharmacists will result in lower MRP counts, stable or improved symptom burdens, and fewer cumulative acute healthcare encounters at 90 days following pMTM compared to usual care. The results of this trial will be used to quantify medication-related outcomes, safety, and value for a high-utilization group of CMC, and outcomes may elucidate the role of integrated pharmacist services as a key component of outpatient complex care programs for this priority pediatric population. TRIAL REGISTRATION This trial was prospectively registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05761847) on Feb 25, 2023.
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- Lucas E Orth
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Department of Pharmacy, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Adult & Child Center for Outcomes Research & Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado, 1890 N. Revere Court, 3Rd Level, Mail Stop F443, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Adult & Child Center for Outcomes Research & Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado, 1890 N. Revere Court, 3Rd Level, Mail Stop F443, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Adult & Child Center for Outcomes Research & Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado, 1890 N. Revere Court, 3Rd Level, Mail Stop F443, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Adult & Child Center for Outcomes Research & Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado, 1890 N. Revere Court, 3Rd Level, Mail Stop F443, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Adult & Child Center for Outcomes Research & Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado, 1890 N. Revere Court, 3Rd Level, Mail Stop F443, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Adult & Child Center for Outcomes Research & Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado, 1890 N. Revere Court, 3Rd Level, Mail Stop F443, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
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Feinstein JA, Feudtner C, Blackmer AB, Valuck RJ, Fairclough DL, Holstein J, Gregoire L, Samay S, Kempe A. Parent-Reported Symptoms and Medications Used Among Children With Severe Neurological Impairment. JAMA Netw Open 2020; 3:e2029082. [PMID: 33306117 PMCID: PMC7733159 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.29082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE Children with severe neurological impairment (SNI) often take multiple medications to treat problematic symptoms. However, for children who cannot self-report symptoms, no system exists to assess multiple symptoms and their association with medication use. OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence of 28 distinct symptoms, test whether higher global symptom scores (GSS) were associated with use of more medications, and assess the associations between specific symptoms and medications. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This cross-sectional study was conducted between April 1, 2019, and December 31, 2019, using structured parent-reported symptom data paired with clinical and pharmacy data, at a single-center, large, hospital-based special health care needs clinic. Participants included children aged 1 to 18 years with SNI and 5 or more prescribed medications. Data analysis was performed from April to June 2020. EXPOSURE During routine clinical visits, parent-reported symptoms were collected using the validated 28-symptom Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale (MSAS) and merged with clinical and pharmacy data. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Symptom prevalence, counts, and GSS (scored 0-100, with 100 being the worst) were calculated, and the association of GSS with medications was examined. To evaluate associations between symptom-medication pairs, the proportion of patients with a symptom who used a medication class or specific medication was calculated. RESULTS Of 100 patients, 55.0% were boys, the median (interquartile range [IQR]) age was 9 (5-12) years, 62.0% had 3 or more complex chronic conditions, 76.0% took 10 or more medications, and none were able to complete the MSAS themselves. Parents reported a median (IQR) of 7 (4-10) concurrent active symptoms. The median (IQR) GSS was 12.1 (5.4-20.8) (range, 0.0-41.2) and the GSS was 9.8 points (95% CI, 5.5-14.1 points) higher for those with worse recent health than usual. Irritability (65.0%), insomnia (55.0%), and pain (54.0%) were the most prevalent symptoms. Each 10-point GSS increase was associated with 12% (95% CI, 4%-19%) higher medication counts, adjusted for age and complex chronic condition count. Among the 54.0% of children with reported pain, 61.0% were prescribed an analgesic. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE These findings suggest that children with SNI reportedly experience substantial symptom burdens and that higher symptom scores are associated with increased medication use. Paired symptom-medication data may help clinicians identify targets for personalized symptom management, including underrecognized or undertreated symptoms.
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- James A. Feinstein
- Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado, Aurora
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado, Aurora
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- Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora
- Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora
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- Research Informatics, Analytics Resource Center, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora
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- Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora
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Yu G, Zeng X, Ni S, Jia Z, Chen W, Lu X, An J, Duan H, Shu Q, Li H. A computational method to quantitatively measure pediatric drug safety using electronic medical records. BMC Med Res Methodol 2020; 20:9. [PMID: 31937265 PMCID: PMC6961323 DOI: 10.1186/s12874-020-0902-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Drug safety in children is a major concern; however, there is still a lack of methods for quantitatively measuring, let alone to improving, drug safety in children under different clinical conditions. To assess pediatric drug safety under different clinical conditions, a computational method based on Electronic Medical Record (EMR) datasets was proposed. METHODS In this study, a computational method was designed to extract the significant drug-diagnosis associations (based on a Bonferroni-adjusted hypergeometric P-value < 0.05) among drug and diagnosis co-occurrence in EMR datasets. This allows for differences between pediatric and adult drug use to be compared based on different EMR datasets. The drug-diagnosis associations were further used to generate drug clusters under specific clinical conditions using unsupervised clustering. A 5-layer quantitative pediatric drug safety level was proposed based on the drug safety statement of the pediatric labeling of each drug. Therefore, the drug safety levels under different pediatric clinical conditions were calculated. Two EMR datasets from a 1900-bed children's hospital and a 2000-bed general hospital were used to test this method. RESULTS The comparison between the children's hospital and the general hospital showed unique features of pediatric drug use and identified the drug treatment gap between children and adults. In total, 591 drugs were used in the children's hospital; 18 drug clusters that were associated with certain clinical conditions were generated based on our method; and the quantitative drug safety levels of each drug cluster (under different clinical conditions) were calculated, analyzed, and visualized. CONCLUSION With this method, quantitative drug safety levels under certain clinical conditions in pediatric patients can be evaluated and compared. If there are longitudinal data, improvements can also be measured. This method has the potential to be used in many population-level, health data-based drug safety studies.
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- Gang Yu
- The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine and National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine and National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Shanxi Dayi Hospital, Taiyuan, China
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- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine and National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China
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- The Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine and National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
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Hoon D, Taylor M, Kapadia P, Gerhard T, Strom BL, Horton DB. Trends in Off-Label Drug Use in Ambulatory Settings: 2006-2015. Pediatrics 2019; 144:peds.2019-0896. [PMID: 31527173 PMCID: PMC7286122 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-0896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Off-label drug use in children is common and potentially harmful. In most previous off-label use research, authors studied hospitalized children, specific drug classes, or non-US settings. We characterized frequencies, trends, and reasons for off-label systemic drug orders for children in ambulatory US settings. METHODS Using nationally representative surveys of office-based physicians (National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys, 2006-2015), we studied off-label orders of systemic drugs for children age <18 based on US Food and Drug Administration-approved labeling for age, weight, and indication. We characterized the top classes and diagnoses with off-label orders and analyzed factors and trends of off-label orders using logistic regression. RESULTS Physicians ordered ≥1 off-label systemic drug at 18.5% (95% confidence interval: 17.7%-19.3%) of visits, usually (74.6%) because of unapproved conditions. Off-label ordering was most common proportionally in neonates (83%) and in absolute terms among adolescents (322 orders out of 1000 visits). Off-label ordering was associated with female sex, subspecialists, polypharmacy, and chronic conditions. Rates and reasons for off-label orders varied considerably by age. Relative and absolute rates of off-label orders rose over time. Among common classes, off-label orders for antihistamines and several psychotropics increased over time, whereas off-label orders for several classes of antibiotics were stable or declined. CONCLUSIONS US office-based physicians have ordered systemic drugs off label for children at increasing rates, most often for unapproved conditions, despite recent efforts to increase evidence and drug approvals for children. These findings can help inform education, research, and policies around effective, safe use of medications in children.
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- Divya Hoon
- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, New Brunswick, NJ, USA,Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, New Brunswick, NJ, USA,Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Rutgers Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Piscataway, NJ, USA,Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, New Brunswick, NJ, USA,Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Newark, NJ, USA,Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Rutgers Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Treatment Science, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, New Brunswick, NJ, USA,Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Rutgers School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA,Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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Bennett TD, Callahan TJ, Feinstein JA, Ghosh D, Lakhani SA, Spaeder MC, Szefler SJ, Kahn MG. Data Science for Child Health. J Pediatr 2019; 208:12-22. [PMID: 30686480 PMCID: PMC6486872 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Tellen D Bennett
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; CU Data Science to Patient Value (D2V), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO; Adult and Child Consortium for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO; Computational Bioscience Program, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.
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- Computational Bioscience Program, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; Adult and Child Consortium for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
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- CU Data Science to Patient Value (D2V), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO; Computational Bioscience Program, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
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- Pediatric Genomics Discovery Program, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Pediatric Critical Care, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; Adult and Child Consortium for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science (ACCORDS), University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO; Computational Bioscience Program, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
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Feinstein JA, Hall M, Antoon JW, Thomson J, Flores JC, Goodman DM, Cohen E, Azuine R, Agrawal R, Houtrow AJ, DeCourcey DD, Kuo DZ, Coller R, Gaur DS, Berry JG. Chronic Medication Use in Children Insured by Medicaid: A Multistate Retrospective Cohort Study. Pediatrics 2019; 143:peds.2018-3397. [PMID: 30914443 PMCID: PMC6456893 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-3397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Little is known about the use of chronic medications (CMs) in children. We assessed the prevalence of CM use in children and the association of clinical characteristics and health care resource use with the number of CMs used. METHODS This is a retrospective study of children ages 1 to 18 years using Medicaid from 10 states in 2014 grouped by the annual number of CMs (0, 1, 2-4, 5-9, and ≥10 medications), which are defined as a dispensed ≥30-day prescription with ≥2 dispensed refills. Trends in clinical characteristics and health care use by number of CMs were evaluated with the Cochran-Armitage trend test. RESULTS Of 4 594 061 subjects, 18.8% used CMs. CM use was 44.4% in children with a complex chronic condition. Across all children, the most common CM therapeutic class was neurologic (28.9%). Among CM users, 48.8% used multiple CMs (40.3% used 2-4, 7.0% used 5-9, and 0.5% used ≥10). The diversity of medications increased with increasing number of CMs: for 1 CM, amphetamine stimulants were most common (29.0%), and for ≥10 CMs, antiepileptics were most common (7.1%). Of $2.3 billion total pharmacy spending, 59.3% was attributable to children dispensed multiple CMs. Increased CM use (0 to ≥10 medications) was associated with increased emergency department use (32.1% to 56.2%) and hospitalization (2.3% to 36.7%). CONCLUSIONS Nearly 1 in 5 children with Medicaid used CMs. Use of multiple CMs was common and correlated with increased health care use. Understanding CM use in children should be fundamentally important to health care systems when strategizing how to provide safe, evidence-based, and cost-effective pharmaceutical care to children.
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- James A. Feinstein
- Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado
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- Children’s Hospital Association, Lenexa, Kansas
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- College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Pediatrics, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Hospital Sotero del Rio, Santiago, Chile
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- Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Division of Pediatric Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Maternal and Child Health Bureau, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland
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- Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin; and
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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Bell J, Wilson A, Elshaug A, Nassar N. How are we assessing the safety and quality use of medicines used by young people in Australia? J Paediatr Child Health 2018; 54:718-719. [PMID: 28488749 DOI: 10.1111/jpc.13567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Revised: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jane Bell
- Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Bouquet É, Star K, Jonville-Béra AP, Durrieu G. Pharmacovigilance in pediatrics. Therapie 2018; 73:171-180. [DOI: 10.1016/j.therap.2017.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Nelson KE, Feinstein JA, Gerhardt CA, Rosenberg AR, Widger K, Faerber JA, Feudtner C. Emerging Methodologies in Pediatric Palliative Care Research: Six Case Studies. CHILDREN-BASEL 2018; 5:children5030032. [PMID: 29495384 PMCID: PMC5867491 DOI: 10.3390/children5030032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Revised: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Given the broad focus of pediatric palliative care (PPC) on the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of children with potentially life-limiting illnesses and their families, PPC research requires creative methodological approaches. This manuscript, written by experienced PPC researchers, describes issues encountered in our own areas of research and the novel methods we have identified to target them. Specifically, we discuss potential approaches to: assessing symptoms among nonverbal children, evaluating medical interventions, identifying and treating problems related to polypharmacy, addressing missing data in longitudinal studies, evaluating longer-term efficacy of PPC interventions, and monitoring for inequities in PPC service delivery.
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- Katherine E Nelson
- Pediatric Advanced Care Team, Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 3M6, Canada.
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- Adult and Child Consortium for Health Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
- Division of General Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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- Center for Biobehavioral Health, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
- Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine; Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
- Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
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- Pediatric Advanced Care Team, Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.
- Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5T 1P8, Canada.
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Pediatric Advanced Care Team, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
- Department of Pediatrics, The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Cohen E, Hall M, Lopert R, Bruen B, Chamberlain LJ, Bardach N, Gedney J, Zima BT, Berry JG. High-Expenditure Pharmaceutical Use Among Children in Medicaid. Pediatrics 2017; 140:peds.2017-1095. [PMID: 28765380 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-1095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Medication use may be a target for quality improvement, cost containment, and research. We aimed to identify medication classes associated with the highest expenditures among pediatric Medicaid enrollees and to characterize the demographic, clinical, and health service use of children prescribed these medications. METHODS Retrospective, cross-sectional study of 3 271 081 Medicaid-enrolled children. Outpatient medication spending among high-expenditure medication classes, defined as the 10 most expensive among 261 mutually exclusive medication classes, was determined by using transaction prices paid to pharmacies by Medicaid agencies and managed care plans among prescriptions filled and dispensed in 2013. RESULTS Outpatient medications accounted for 16.6% of all Medicaid expenditures. The 10 most expensive medication classes accounted for 63.9% of all medication expenditures. Stimulants (amphetamine-type) accounted for both the highest proportion of expenditures (20.6%) and days of medication use (14.0%) among medication classes. Users of medications in the 10 highest-expenditure classes were more likely to have a chronic condition of any complexity (77.9% vs 41.6%), a mental health condition (35.7% vs 11.9%), or a complex chronic condition (9.8% vs 4.3%) than other Medicaid enrollees (all P < .001). The 4 medications with the highest spending were all psychotropic medications. Polypharmacy was common across all high-expenditure classes. CONCLUSIONS Medicaid expenditure on pediatric medicines is concentrated among a relatively small number of medication classes most commonly used in children with chronic conditions. Interventions to improve medication safety and effectiveness and contain costs may benefit from better delineation of the appropriate prescription of these medications.
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- Eyal Cohen
- Department of Pediatrics and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; .,Division of Pediatric Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario
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- Children's Hospital Association, Lenexa, Kansas
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, and Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- UCLA-Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; and
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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