Use of hospital-based services among young adults with behavioral health diagnoses before and after health insurance expansions

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 404-411

  Meara, Ellen ^a,b   Golberstein, Ezra ^c   Zaha, Rebecca ^a   Greenfield, Shelly F ^d   Beardslee, William R ^e,f   Busch, Susan H ^g  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE EXPANSION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE USE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, PSYCHIATRIC; MALE; MARYLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898649340     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.3972     Document Type: Article

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