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ArticleAdministration and policy in mental health2019

Prior Authorization Policies and Preferred Drug Lists in Medicaid Plans: Stakeholder Perspectives on the Implications for Youth with ADHD.

Sarah C Blake, Minna Song, Laura Gaydos, Janet R Cummings

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Article 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 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah C BlakeDepartment of Health Policy & Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. scblake@emory.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7286-3137
Minna SongDepartment of Behavioral Health Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA.
Laura GaydosDepartment of Health Policy & Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Janet R CummingsDepartment of Health Policy & Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Emory University · US

Funding

Understanding Child Mental Health Services in the Public Safety NetK01MH095823 · NIMH · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI CUMMINGS, JANET R. · 2012 to 2016
$830k
NIMH NIH HHS K01 MH095823
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This qualitative study describes how Medicaid policies create challenges for the delivery and receipt of mental health treatment for low-income youth in Georgia. We conducted focus groups with caregivers of Medicaid-enrolled children with ADHD and semi-structured interviews with providers and administrators at four safety net clinics that provided mental health care to these youth. Stakeholders reported that prior authorization policies for psychosocial services, restrictiveness of preferred drug lists, and changes in preferred drug lists in Medicaid plans created barriers to treatment continuity and quality for youth with ADHD and led to more administrative burden for safety-net clinics serving these youth.

Indexed as

Attitude of Health PersonnelAdolescentAdultAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityCaregiversChildContinuity of Patient CareFemaleFormularies as TopicGeorgiaHealth Services AccessibilityHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMedicaidMental Health ServicesADHD treatmentChildren’s mental health servicesMedicaidQualitative researchSafety-net

Identifiers

PMID30993569
PMCPMC6955152
OpenAlexW2935935192

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