TY - JOUR
AU - B. J. McIntosh
AU - M. T. Compton
AU - B. G. Druss
A1 - 
AB - A growing trend in college and university health care is the requirement that students demonstrate proof of health insurance prior to enrollment. An increasing number of schools are contracting with insurance companies to provide students with school-based options for health insurance. Although this is advantageous to students in some ways, tying health insurance coverage to school enrollment can leave students vulnerable when they are most in need of help. Students whose health insurance is contingent upon their enrollment face significant lapses in coverage when they are required to leave school. This is especially challenging for students with mental illnesses whose treatment needs often go unmet in the absence of that coverage. The limitations in this system must be addressed as an increasing number of universities and students opt for university-based health insurance plans.
BT - Journal of American college health
C5 - Financing & Sustainability; Healthcare Disparities
CP - 8
CY - United States
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2012.726301
IS - 8
JF - Journal of American college health
N2 - A growing trend in college and university health care is the requirement that students demonstrate proof of health insurance prior to enrollment. An increasing number of schools are contracting with insurance companies to provide students with school-based options for health insurance. Although this is advantageous to students in some ways, tying health insurance coverage to school enrollment can leave students vulnerable when they are most in need of help. Students whose health insurance is contingent upon their enrollment face significant lapses in coverage when they are required to leave school. This is especially challenging for students with mental illnesses whose treatment needs often go unmet in the absence of that coverage. The limitations in this system must be addressed as an increasing number of universities and students opt for university-based health insurance plans.
PP - United States
PY - 2012
SN - 1940-3208; 0744-8481
SP - 596
EP - 598
EP - 
T1 - Students left behind: the limitations of university-based health insurance for students with mental illnesses
T2 - Journal of American college health
TI - Students left behind: the limitations of university-based health insurance for students with mental illnesses
U1 - Financing & Sustainability; Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 23157201
U3 - 10.1080/07448481.2012.726301
VL - 60
VO - 1940-3208; 0744-8481
Y1 - 2012
ER -