Medicaid expenditures on psychotropic medications for children in the child welfare system

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 182-189

  Raghavan, Ramesh ^a,b   Brown, Derek S ^c   Thompson, Hope ^d   Ettner, Susan L ^e   Clements, Lisa M ^f   Key, Whitney ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f State of Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; DRUG COST; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST CONTROL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862498644     PISSN: 10445463     EISSN: 15578992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cap.2011.0135     Document Type: Article

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