Trends in Prescription of Stimulants and Narcoleptic Drugs in Switzerland: Longitudinal Health Insurance Claims Analysis for the Years 2014-2021

Tamara Scharf   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , MD ;   Carola A Huber   ^{4, 5 *} , MPH, PhD ;   Markus Näpflin   ^{4 *} ;   Zhongxing Zhang   ^{3, 6 *} , PhD ;   Ramin Khatami   ^{3, 6, 7 *} , Prof Dr Med

¹ Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

² Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

³ Centre of Sleep Medicine and Epileptology Barmelweid, Klinik Barmelweid AG, Aargau, Switzerland

⁴ Department of Health Sciences, Helsana Group, Zürich, Switzerland

⁵ Institute of Primary Care, University of Zürich, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

⁶ Barmelweid Academy, Klinik Barmelweid AG, Barmelweid, Switzerland

⁷ Department of Neurology, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

*all authors contributed equally