Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4932479 | Mental Health & Prevention | 2017 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to describe service utilization and associated costs of a statewide, Medicaid-insured population of homeless adolescents (HA). This was a secondary data analysis of statewide individual service-level data. The total costs for this sample (n=5259) was $84,077,009 over the study period. Mental health related services accounted for 40% of all costs. A small subpopulation (n=65) of the sample accounted for 28% of the total costs, all of which had mental health related services. In order to reduce costs and improve health outcomes, there is a need to expand mental health services for HA.
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Authors
Michael J. Cima, R. David Parker,