The availability and usability of behavioral health organization encounter data in MAX 2009
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- MAX Medicaid policy brief (Mathematica Policy Research)
- Author(s):
- Nysenbaum, Jessica, author Bouchery, Ellen, author Malsberger, Rosalie, author
- Contributor(s):
- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., issuing body.
- Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., [2012]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Behavioral Medicine -- organization & administration Health Services Accessibility Health Services Needs and Demand -- statistics & numerical data Medicaid Data Collection Managed Care Programs Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- As an increasingly larger share of Medicaid enrollees receives behavioral health services through managed care arrangements, the encounter data that states receive from managed care organizations have the potential to provide researchers and policymakers with valuable insight into the care needs and service use of Medicaid managed care enrollees. However, not all states report encounter data, and for those that do, we know little about the quality and completeness of the data. This issue brief documents a detailed analysis of the behavioral health organization (BHO) encounter data in the 2009 Medicaid Analytic eXtract files (MAX 2009) and assesses the viability of using these data for research.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (10 pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101622986 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101622986