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Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy
Population Health and Health Policy

Rural Children Don't Receive the Mental Health Care They Need

Abstract: 

Key Findings:

  • Just over one-third of all children with a mental health problem received a mental health visit in the past year;
  • Controlling for other characteristics that affect access to care, rural children are 20% less likely to have a mental health visit than urban children;
  • Having Medicaid or SCHIP increases the likelihood that a child will receive services, and this is pronounced in rural areas.
  • Publish Date: 
    01-05-2009
    URL: 
    http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/Publications/rural/pb39/Rural-Children-Mental-Health-Services.pdf