Medicaid kids without 30-day follow-up for ADHD prescription U.S. 2014-2015, by state

Published by

Frédéric Michas,

Feb 18, 2020

In the 2014 and 2015 fiscal years, 84.7 percent of 3 to 21 year-olds in Virginia who were enrolled in Medicaid and prescribed a new ADHD medication did not receive the recommended 30-day follow-up visit. In the U.S., the national average for Medicaid-enrolled children who did not receive 30-day follow-up care was just over 59 percent. This statistic shows the percentage of Medicaid-enrolled children who did not receive follow-up within 30 days after a new ADHD prescription in the U.S. in the 2014 and 2015 fiscal years, by state.

Percentage of Medicaid-enrolled children who did not receive follow-up within 30 days after a new ADHD prescription in the U.S. in 2014 and 2015, by state

Characteristic	Percentage of Medicaid-enrolled children
Virginia	84.7%
Delaware	81.6%
Massachusetts	81%
South Dakota	79.6%
Idaho	74.9%
Wisconsin	74.7%
Oklahoma	73.3%
Rhode Island	71.7%
Texas	71.3%
New York	67.9%
Florida	66%
North Carolina	65%
Alabama	63.1%
South Carolina	62.8%
North Dakota	62.1%
California	61.8%
New Jersey	61.6%
Tennessee	61.2%
Missouri	61%
Illinois	60.1%
Colorado	59.9%
Georgia	59.8%
Louisiana	59.7%
West Virginia	59.2%
National average	59.1%
Hawaii	58.6%
New Hampshire	57.2%
Oregon	56.2%
Kentucky	55.7%
Michigan	55.6%
Indiana	55.5%
Arizona	55.1%
Mississippi	54.7%
Minnesota	54.1%
Utah	53.8%
Ohio	53.5%
Washington	53.3%
Iowa	52.6%
Maine	52.4%
Alaska	51.8%
Nebraska	51.8%
New Mexico	51.6%
Nevada	48.5%
Vermont	48.4%
Connecticut	48.1%
Wyoming	46.7%
Maryland	45.9%
Kansas	45.2%
Arkansas	44.7%
Pennsylvania	44.6%
District of Columbia	44.4%
Montana	44.1%