Pediatric Mental Health Boarding in US Emergency Departments, 2018-2022
Approximately 1 in 3 pediatric mental health ED visits resulting in admission or transfer exceeded 12 hours. Differences in boarding by race, ethnicity, and insurance type reflect inequities in access to psychiatric services. To reduce ED boarding, attention is needed to improve children's access to mental health services across the care continuum.
Authors
- Desiree Edemba
- Kristen Carlin
- Christopher J. Gable
- Ashley A. Foster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3059-6218)
- Theresa Ryan Schultz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6492-1998)
- Kimberly Burkhart
- Samantha H. Mullins
- Alba Pergjika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5095-246X)
- Jennifer A. Hoffmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1653-363X)
- Mohsen Saidinejad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4782-0597)
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- George Washington University Hospital (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's National (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- UCLA Medical Center (US)
- Mental Health Center of Denver (US)
- Children's Hospital Colorado (US)
- Cancer Research And Biostatistics (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
- Published
- 2025-05-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100180
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes of Health
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau