GAO's 2011 review of five states found foster children were prescribed psychotropic drugs at higher rates than other children on Medicaid, including 609 foster children on five or more psychotropic drugs at once and prescriptions to infants under one year old. GAO cautioned that higher rates alone do not prove inappropriate prescribing.
higher prescription rates do not necessarily indicate inappropriate prescribing
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GAO's 2011 review of five states found foster children were prescribed psychotropic drugs at higher rates than other children on Medicaid, including 609 foster children on five or more psychotropic drugs at once and prescriptions to infants under one year old. GAO cautioned that higher rates alone do not prove inappropriate prescribing.