Temporal Patterns of Medications Dispensed to Children and Adolescents in a National Insured Population

Karen L. Olson; Kenneth D. Mandl

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0040991

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Temporal Patterns of Medications Dispensed to Children and Adolescents in a National Insured Population

Karen L. Olson ,

* E-mail: karen.olson@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliations Children’s Hospital Informatics Program at Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kenneth D. Mandl

Affiliations Children’s Hospital Informatics Program at Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Temporal Patterns of Medications Dispensed to Children and Adolescents in a National Insured Population

Karen L. Olson,
Kenneth D. Mandl

Published: July 19, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040991

About the Authors

Karen L. Olson

* E-mail: karen.olson@childrens.harvard.edu

Affiliations Children’s Hospital Informatics Program at Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kenneth D. Mandl

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KLO KDM. Analyzed the data: KLO. Wrote the paper: KLO KDM.

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