Use of Hospital Emergency Services by Youths in Out-of-Home Care

Use of Hospital Emergency Services by Youths in Out-of-Home Care

Published: Mar 01, 2010
Publisher: Psychiatric Services, vol. 61, no. 3
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Associated Project

Using Data to Inform Medicaid Behavioral Health Policies and Services

Time frame: 2003-2009

Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Authors

Jonathan D. Brown

Henry T. Ireys

Youths placed in out-of-home settings often receive mental health services from several sectors of care, but the extent to which they use hospital emergency services is uncertain.

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