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Children's mental health services in fee-for-service Medicaid.

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: This study analyzed annual service use and payment data for children in racial/ ethnic subgroups in Medicaid Programs of four States, and compared service use of youth treated with mental health or substance abuse (MH/SA) conditions to youth without such conditions. In addition to geographic variation in rates (6.2 to 10.7 percent used MH/SA related care), results showed children who used MH/SA services to be disproportionately older, male, and white when compared with all Medicaid children. Examination of costs per claimant found costs for the MH/SA population of children to be three to six times greater than a comparison sample.

Source: PubMed Central

Authors: Mary Jo Larson, Kay Miller, Shyamal Sharma, Ronald Manderscheid

Institution: New England Research Institutes

Language: English

Topic: Healthcare Policy and Management

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: New England Research Institutes, Center for Mental Health Services

OpenAlex ID: W2992909028

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Cites: 44

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10