Policy Levers to Promote Access to and Utilization of Children's Mental Health Services: A Systematic Review

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• Alternative Title:
  Adm Policy Ment Health
• Personal Author:
  So, Marvin ; McCord, Russell F. ; Kaminski, Jennifer W.
• Description:
  Policies have potential to help families obtain behavioral healthcare for their children, but little is known about evidence for specific policy approaches. We reviewed evaluations of select policy levers to promote accessibility, affordability, acceptability, availability, or utilization of children's mental and behavioral health services. Twenty articles met inclusion criteria. Location-based policy levers (school-based services and integrated care models) were associated with higher utilization and acceptability, with mixed evidence on accessibility. Studies of insurance-based levers (mental health parity and public insurance) provided some evidence for affordability outcomes. We found no eligible studies of workforce development or telehealth policy levers, or of availability outcomes.
• Subjects:
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Humans
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Insurance, Psychiatric
  • Medical Assistance
  • Mental Health Services
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Policy
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Psychological services
  • Children's mental health
  • Policy
  • Mental healthcare access
  • Mental healthcare utilization
• Source:
  Adm Policy Ment Health. 46(3):334-351
• Pubmed ID:
  30604005
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6531603
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/79008/cdc_79008_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 516.81 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
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