Drug utilisation in children and adolescents before and after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: Interrupted time-series analyses in three European countries.
Elisabeth PedersenElena TripodiMia AakjærHuiqi LiAnna CantaruttiFredrik NybergMorten AndersenAngela LupattelliHedvig Marie Egeland NordengPublished in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2024)
The increasing trend of psychotropic medication dispensing, especially among adolescents after the start of the pandemic, is concerning and should be investigated further. Aside from a temporary effect on asthma medication dispensing, the pandemic did not greatly affect the dispensing of the medications investigated.