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SynthesisAdministration and policy in mental health2019

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

Marvin So, Russell F McCord, Jennifer W Kaminski

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Administration and policy in mental health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Childhood Physical Health and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Modifiable Factors.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024
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  8. Child and adolescent psychiatry: challenges, solutions, opportunities, and future directions.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Marvin SoNational Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway MS-E88, Atlanta, 30341, GA, USA. mrmarvinso@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3639-0472
Russell F McCordNational Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway MS-E88, Atlanta, 30341, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6987-1328
Jennifer W KaminskiNational Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway MS-E88, Atlanta, 30341, GA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7940-4734

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

Indexed as

Patient Acceptance of Health CarePolicyChildChild, PreschoolHealth Services AccessibilityHumansInsurance CoverageInsurance, PsychiatricMedical AssistanceMental Health ServicesSocioeconomic FactorsUnited StatesChildren’s mental healthMental healthcare accessMental healthcare utilizationPolicyPsychological services

Identifiers

PMID30604005
PMCPMC6531603

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