Health Care Setting and Minimally Adequate Depression Treatment Among Publicly Insured Children
In this cross-sectional study of publicly insured children and adolescents, receipt of telemental health services in 2020 was positively associated with minimally adequate depression care. These findings underscore the importance of continued telemental health coverage use by state Medicaid programs and Children's Health Insurance Programs to facilitate access and minimize barriers to mental health care.
Authors
- Jordan Gilleland Marchak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8747-7375)
- Xu Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3025-3984)
- Xin Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1097-3300)
- Janet R. Cummings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3845-7853)
- Ilana Graetz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-5815)
- Cristian Ramos
Institutions
- Emory University (US)
- Aflac (United States) (US)
- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.28345
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00