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Anderson NJ, Neuwirth SJ, Lenardson JD, Hartley D. 2013. Patterns of care for rural and urban children with mental health problems. Portland, ME: University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie Institute of Public Affairs, Maine Rural Health Research Center, 30 pp. (Working paper no. 49)

Annotation: This working paper examines the differences in access to mental health care service and treatment for children in rural and urban settings based on data from a 2002-2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. The paper highlights significant patterns based on differences in demographic characteristics, risk factors, rates of poverty, health coverage, mental health impairment, and other variables, and discusses policy implications based on the findings. Included are comparisons in the use of prescriptions drugs, diagnoses for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and the supply of mental health providers in rural versus urban settings.

Keywords: Access to care, Child mental health, Comparative analysis, Data, Diagnosis and Intervention, National surveys, Reports, Rural health, Urban health

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