October 21, 2020Living with ADHD may cost an individual $15,664 over a lifetime, and approximately $12.76 billion annually in the United States.
This finding comes from a study published in the Journal of Attention Disorders1that attempted to comprehensively document the social and economic costs associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) using a lifespan approach.
The study calculated financial costs across multiple domains, the largest of which was lost productivity.Researchers used a prevalence approach to estimate the costs associated with ADHD across all ages in Australia in the 2018 – 2019 financial year.
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