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<jats:sec><jats:title>Objective</jats:title><jats:p> The aim of this paper is to understand associations between age and health care provider type in medication continuation among transition-aged youth with ADHD. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method</jats:title><jats:p> Using an employer-sponsored insurance claims database, we identified patients with likely ADHD and receipt of ADHD medications. Among patients who had an outpatient physician visit at baseline and maintained enrollment at follow-up 3 years later, we evaluated which ones continued to fill prescriptions for ADHD medications. </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p> Patients who were younger at follow-up more frequently continued medication (77% of 11–12 year-olds vs. 52% of 19–20 year-olds). Those who saw a pediatric provider at baseline and follow-up more frequently continued to fill ADHD medication prescriptions than those who saw a pediatric provider at baseline and non-pediatric providers at follow-up (71% vs. 53% among those ages 15–16 years at follow-up). </jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p> Adolescents and young adults with ADHD who changed from pediatric to exclusively non-pediatric providers less frequently continued to receive ADHD medications. </jats:p></jats:sec>