Children in Foster Care Challenges in Meeting Their Health Care Needs Through Medicaid

Although children in foster care may suffer physical, emotional, or developmental problems because of prior abuse or neglect, little is known about the adequacy of the health care services they receive. Notes that they have disproportionately high Medicaid expenditures and are more likely to have a...

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Published inIDEAS Working Paper Series from RePEc
Main Authors Allen, Susan M, Alison L Croke Principal Investigators Suzanne FeltLisk, Margo Rosenbach Data Analysis Arnold Chen
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 01.01.2001
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Foster care
Medicaid
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Summary:Although children in foster care may suffer physical, emotional, or developmental problems because of prior abuse or neglect, little is known about the adequacy of the health care services they receive. Notes that they have disproportionately high Medicaid expenditures and are more likely to have a mental health or substance abuse condition than other Medicaid-enrolled children. They are less likely to have continuous, year-round health insurance coverage.