Healthcare use in commercially insured youth with mental health disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study is to describe age-related patterns of outpatient healthcare utilization in youth and young adults with mental health disorders.

Method

We used the IBM^® MarketScan^® Commercial Database to identify 359,413 youth and young adults (12-27 years) with a mental health disorder continuously enrolled in private health insurance in 2018. Exploratory analysis was used to describe patterns of outpatient healthcare use (e.g., primary, reproductive, mental health care) and therapeutic management (e.g., medication prescriptions, psychotherapy) by age. Period prevalence and median number of visits are reported. Additional analysis explored utilization patterns by mental health disorder.

Results

The prevalence of outpatient

SUBMITTER: Hugunin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9323879 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature