Washington State exhibits wide regional variation in proportion of Medicaid-eligible children who get needed mental health care

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 990-999

  Ellis, Wendy R ^a   Huebner, Colleen ^b   Stoep, Ann Vander ^b   Williams, Michelle A ^c  

^a CSR   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DECENTRALIZATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ETHNICITY; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84862487521     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0747     Document Type: Article

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