Ethnic Disparities in School-Based Behavioral Health Service Use for Children With Psychiatric Disorders

Journal of School Health

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 47-54

  Locke, Jill ^a   Kang Yi, Christina D ^b   Pellecchia, Melanie ^b   Marcus, Steven ^b   Hadley, Trevor ^b   Mandell, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral health; health disparity; Medicaid; mental health; school based health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY HEALTH; PENNSYLVANIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY HEALTH; PHILADELPHIA; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85001968746     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josh.12469     Document Type: Article

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