Annual report on health care for children and youth in the United States: National estimates of cost, utilization and expenditures for children with mental health conditions

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-35

  Torio, Celeste Marie ^a   Encinosa, William ^a   Berdahl, Terceira ^a   McCormick, Marie C ^b   Simpson, Lisa A ^c  

^a AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ACADEMYHEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Health care utilization; Mental health; National estimates; Trends in hospitalization

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL RUNNING COST; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFANT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927650881     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: 18762867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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