Parity and out-of-pocket spending for children with high mental health or substance abuse expenditures

Pediatrics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Barry, Colleen L ^a   Chien, Alyna T ^b,c   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^d,e   Busch, Alisa B ^d,f,g   Azzone, Vanessa ^d   Goldman, Howard H ^h   Huskamp, Haiden A ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of General Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Health Services Research Division   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Mental health; Parity; Substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT; PARITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 84874602057     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-1491     Document Type: Article

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