TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Child Custody
KW - Continuity of Patient Care/economics
KW - Female
KW - Foster Home Care
KW - Health Planning
KW - Health Policy
KW - Health Services Needs and Demand
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Medicaid
KW - Mental Disorders/economics/therapy
KW - Mental Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Risk Assessment
KW - State Government
KW - Tennessee
KW - United States
AU - C. A. Heflinger
AU - C. Hoffman
A1 - 
AB - Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED) face many challenges as they approach the transition to adulthood and adult services. This study examines publicly funded transition-age youth in order to describe the numbers and type of youth in need of policy and service planning in one state. Using Medicaid enrollment and claims/encounter data, youth with high risk of transition difficulties were identified in the following groups: SED, state custody/foster care or risk of custody, users of intensive or frequent mental health services, or having diagnoses of major mental disorders, conduct disorders, or developmental disabilities. Almost one quarter of all enrolled 14 to 17-year olds met criteria for at least one of the high risk groups, and three-quarters of these were youth with SED. High risk youth are described, with greater detail on those with SED, and implications for policy, services, and research are discussed.
BT - The journal of behavioral health services & research
C5 - Financing & Sustainability
CP - 4
CY - United States
DO - 10.1007/s11414-006-9042-2
IS - 4
JF - The journal of behavioral health services & research
N2 - Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances (SED) face many challenges as they approach the transition to adulthood and adult services. This study examines publicly funded transition-age youth in order to describe the numbers and type of youth in need of policy and service planning in one state. Using Medicaid enrollment and claims/encounter data, youth with high risk of transition difficulties were identified in the following groups: SED, state custody/foster care or risk of custody, users of intensive or frequent mental health services, or having diagnoses of major mental disorders, conduct disorders, or developmental disabilities. Almost one quarter of all enrolled 14 to 17-year olds met criteria for at least one of the high risk groups, and three-quarters of these were youth with SED. High risk youth are described, with greater detail on those with SED, and implications for policy, services, and research are discussed.
PP - United States
PY - 2008
SN - 1556-3308
SP - 390
EP - 401
EP - 
T1 - Transition age youth in publicly funded systems: Identifying high-risk youth for policy planning and improved service delivery
T2 - The journal of behavioral health services & research
TI - Transition age youth in publicly funded systems: Identifying high-risk youth for policy planning and improved service delivery
U1 - Financing & Sustainability
U2 - 17187298
U3 - 10.1007/s11414-006-9042-2
VL - 35
VO - 1556-3308
Y1 - 2008
ER -