Expenditures for Treatment of Mental Health Disorders among Children, Ages 5-17, 2007-2009, Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief No. 357

摘要

Mental health disorders affect a person's emotional, social, and behavioral well-being. As a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, beginning in 2014, mental health disorder services will be part of the essential benefits package, a set of health care service categories that must be covered by certain plans, including all insurance policies that will be offered through state-based exchanges and Medicaid. This Statistical Brief presents estimates based on the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) on the use of and expenditures for all medical care, ambulatory care (office-based provider and hospital outpatient visits), and prescribed medicines to treat mental health disorders among school-age children in the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population. Average annual estimates for 2007-2009 are shown by type of service and source of payment.