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Geography and the Medicaid Mental Health Care Infrastructure: Implications for Health Care Reform

Description
Examines the availability of outpatient mental health facilities that accept Medicaid across U.S. counties and whether specific population groups such as minorities, people living in poverty, and rural residents may be less likely to access these facilities.
Author(s)
Janet R. Cummings, Hefei Wen, Michelle Ko, Benjamin G. Druss
Citation
JAMA Psychiatry, 70(10), 1084-1090
Date
10/2013
Type
Document
Tagged as
Access · Black or African American · Hispanic or Latino · Medicaid · Mental health · Statistics and data