Cases randomized as African-American were slightly more likely to be medicated, an effect which approached but did not reach significance (O.R. = 1.514, p = .072), and being uninsured significantly increased the likelihood of being medicated (O.R. = 1.837, p = .021).
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The effects of patient characteristics on ADHD diagnosis and treatment: a factorial study of family physicians.
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Both African-American race and uninsured status individually increase the odds of medicinal or combined medicinal/psychotherapeutic treatment, with the insurance effect being significant, and the race effect approaching significance.