title: Behavioral health service use and costs among children in foster care.
abstract: This article compares behavioral health service use and cost for foster care versus nonfoster care children; children before, during, and after foster care placement; and successfully reunified versus nonsuccessfully reunified foster care children. Behavioral health service costs for children in foster care were higher than for children not in foster care. Children in foster care used more services during their foster care placement than before placement and after discharge. Nonsuccessfully reunified children received a significantly larger quantity of services than those successfully reunified.
authors.affiliation: Louis de la Parte, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology