Effect of the affordable care act's young adult insurance expansions on hospital-based mental health care

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 182-189

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; INSURANCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT;

EID: 84922256191     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14030375     Document Type: Article

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