Changes to the financial responsibility for juvenile court ordered psychiatric evaluations reduce inpatient services utilization: an interrupted time series study

Changes to the financial responsibility for juvenile court ordered psychiatric evaluations reduce inpatient services utilization: an interrupted time series study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the impact of a July 2008 Tennessee Court of Appeals opinion that shifted financial responsibility for juvenile court ordered psychiatric evaluations from the State to the County.</...

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Main Authors: Epstein Richard A, Feix Jeff, Arbogast Patrick G, Beckjord Stephen H, Bobo William V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-05-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Interrupted time series
Juvenile court ordered psychiatric evaluation
Youth
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/12/136

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