Mental health services for children in large, employer-based health plans, 1999

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-72

  Larson, Mary Jo ^a   Miller, Kay ^b   Fleming, Kathleen J ^a   Teich, Judith L ^c  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b MEDSTAT Group   (United States)

^c SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Expenditures; Psychotropic drugs; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLONIDINE; GUANFACINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LITHIUM; METHYLPHENIDATE; NADOLOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DATA BASE; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846297686     PISSN: 10943412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11414-006-9028-0     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Burns BJ. Mental health service use by adolescents in the 1970s and 1980s. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 1991;30(1):144-150.
2. Insurance coverage of mental health and substance abuse services for children and adolescents: A consensus statement. American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2000;106(4):860-862.
3. Elixhauser A, Machlin SR, Zodet MW, et al. Health care for children and youth in the United States: 2001 annual report on access, utilization, quality, and expenditures. Ambulatory Pediatrics. 2002;2(6):419-437.
4. Glied S, Hoven CW, Moore RE, et al. Children's access to mental health care: does insurance matter? Health Affairs (Millwood). 1997;16(1):167-174.
5. Ringel JS, Sturm R. National estimates of mental health utilization and expenditures for children in 1998. Journal of Behavioral Health Services Research. 2001;28(3):319-333.
6. Leslie DL, Rosenheck RA, Horwitz SM. Patterns of mental health utilization and costs among children in a privately insured population. Health Services Research. 2001;36(1 Pt 1):113-127.
7. Mark TL, Coffey RM. What drove private health insurance spending on mental health and substance abuse care, 1992-1999? Health Affairs (Millwood). 2003;22(1):165-172.
8. Harwood HJ, Mark TL, McKusick DR, et al. National spending on mental health and substance abuse treatment by age of clients, 1997. Journal of Behavioral Health Services Research. 2003;30(4):433-443.
9. Harpaz-Rotem I, Rosenheck RA. Changes in outpatient psychiatric diagnosis in privately insured children and adolescents from 1995 to 2000. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 2004;34(4):329-340.
10. Olfson M, Gameroff MJ, Marcus SC, et al. Outpatient treatment of child and adolescent depression in the United States. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2003;60(12):1236-1242.
11. Zito JM, Safer DJ, DosReis S, et al. Trends in the prescribing of psychotropic medications to preschoolers. Journal of American Medical Association. 2000;283(8):1025-1030.
12. Zito JM, Safer DJ, DosReis S, et al. Psychotropic practice patterns for youth: a 10-year perspective. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. 2003;157(1):17-25.
13. Wilens TE. Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids. New York: The Guilford Press; 1999.
14. Jensen PS, Bhatara VS, Vitiello B, et al. Psychoactive medication prescribing practices for U.S. children: gaps between research and clinical practice. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 1999;38(5):557-565.
15. Everitt IJ, Barnett P. Comparison of two benzodiazepines used for sedation of children undergoing suturing of a laceration in an emergency department. Pediatric Emergency Care. 2002;18(2):72-74.
16. Houpt M. Project USAP 2000 - Use of sedative agents by pediatric dentists: a 15-year follow-up survey. Pediatric Dentistry. 2002;24(4):289-294.
17. Stein BD, Sturm R, Kapur K, et al. Datapoints: psychotropic medication costs among youth with private insurance in 1998. Psychiatric Services. 2001;52(2):152.
18. PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals - First Edition. Montvale, NJ: Thomson Medical Economics; 2002.