The interplay of outpatient services and psychiatric hospitalization among medicaid-enrolled children with autism spectrum disorders

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-73

  Mandell, David S ^a,c   Xie, Ming ^a   Morales, Knashawn H ^a   Lawer, Lindsay ^a   McCarthy, Megan ^a   Marcus, Steven C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RESPITE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; ODDS RATIO; RESPITE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855312583     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.714     Document Type: Article

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