Episodes of mental health treatment among a nationally representative sample of children and adolescents

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 261-279

  Saloner, Brendan ^a   Carson, Nicholas ^b   Cook, Benjamin Lê ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

access; adolescents; children; episodes of care; mental health treatment; quality

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINORITY GROUP; PARENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899830864     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558713518347     Document Type: Article

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