Comprehensiveness of State Insurance Laws and Perceived Access to Pediatric Mental Health Care
In this study, living in states with the most comprehensive MBH insurance legislation was associated with lower odds of perceived poor access to MBH care among caregivers for children and adolescents with MBH conditions. This finding suggests that advocacy for comprehensive mental health parity legislation may promote improved child and adolescent access to MBH services.
Authors
- Ashley A. Foster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3059-6218)
- Teal Benevides
- Michael C. Monuteaux
- Amanda M. Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1376-4838)
- Joel D. Hudgins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2592-2610)
- Jennifer A. Hoffmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1653-363X)
- Katherine Douglas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7331-3716)
- Megan Douglas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3666-5664)
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's National (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Augusta University Health (US)
- Morehouse School of Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.26402
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.62