Medication selection, health services outcomes, and cost trajectories for Medicaid beneficiaries with infantile spasms

There are three recommended first-line treatments for infantile spasms, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), oral corticosteroids, and vigabatrin, though non-standard treatments such as topiramate are sometimes selected. Is it uncertain how treatment selection influences health services outcomes.We conducted a retrospective cohort study of Medicaid beneficiaries newly diagnosed with infantile spasms from 2009-2010. We included infants with a new...