Impact of a private health insurance mandate on public sector autism service use in Pennsylvania

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 771-779

  Stein, Bradley D ^a,b   Sorbero, Mark J ^b   Goswami, Upasna ^a   Schuster, James ^b   Leslie, Douglas L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b and Outcomes   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; medications; policy; services; treatment costs

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, PSYCHIATRIC; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; PUBLIC SECTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864367717     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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