Evaluating access to psychosocial services for the medicaid-insured children in Georgia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluating access to psychosocial services can inform policy decision-making on ways to address shortages in the availability of mental health (MH)-specialized providers. The objective of the study was to assess how the mental health (MH)-specialized workforce met the demand for psychosocial services of Medicaid-insured children in Georgia, with direct relevance in establishing quantitative network adequacy.

Methods

We used the 2018 Medicaid (TAF) claims data, the 2018 National Plan and Provider Enumeration System database, and the 2019 Georgia school-based program data to estimate community-level demand and practice-level supply of psychosocial services. We evaluated the availability of services using mathematical models. The outcome measures were met demand and

SUBMITTER: Xie Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748264 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature