Child Welfare Systems Policies and Practices Affecting Medicaid Health Insurance for Children

A National Study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11215597
AutoresAnne M Libby (0000-0002-4564-9407, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, autor de correspondencia), Kelly J Kelleher (0000-0002-4420-8044, The Children's Research Institute, Columbus, OH, USA), Laurel K Leslie (0000-0003-2414-3252, The Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA), Joan O'Connell (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus), Joan O’connell (0000-0003-3498-1153, University of Colorado Denver), Patricia A Wood (The Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA), Jennifer A Rolls (The Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA), Jennifer Rolls-Reutz (0000-0002-0879-7224, Health Services Research & Development), John Landsverk (The Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA)
Año2006
Volumen33
Número2
Páginas39-49
Fecha de publicación2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Service Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0148-8376 • E-ISSN: 1540-7314
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j079v33n02_04
OpenAlexW1568285873
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas20

This study presented national data on financing policies and practices for health and mental health care among children in child welfare settings, including those who are not placed out of the home. Our three objectives were to: examine variation in the provision of health insurance with a specific focus on placement status; describe mechanisms for assuring timing of coverage; and compare Medicaid expansionary practices to innovations in financing and organization of services for youth. Expansionary Medicaid practices were associated with managed care and innovations in the financing and organization of mental health services such as carve-outs

Actuarial science · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Health insurance · Medicaid · Mental health · Psychiatry · Public economics · Welfare · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine