Mental health services expenditures among children placed in out-of-home care

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 430-439

  Clark, Colleen ^a   Yampolskaya, Svetlana ^a   Robst, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Child welfare; Out of home care; Service costs; Service expenditures; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81755164039     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-010-0330-z     Document Type: Article

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