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

Rural-Urban Differences in Access to Children's Mental Health Services

Duration: 
1/1/2006 - 1/31/2007
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Urban Institute
Abstract: 

This study uses data from the Urban Institute's National Survey of America's Families to examine and compare the use of mental health services by rural and urban children, age 6 to 17, relative to their need for mental health care, family income, and insurance status.