Gaining a Comprehensive Understanding of Behavioral and Mental Health Service Utilization through Data Integration

Abstract

There are several micro and macro factors that impact these children and youth’s (including their families’) access to and utilization of services. Therefore, knowledge and understanding of contextual factors and service utilization trends and patterns are essential. Although data to develop such knowledge may exist, it is often siloed or structured in ways that do not easily allow for meaningful interpretations and inferences to be made. This presentation demonstrates the use of data integration to engender an understanding of the contextual factors impacting children and youth’s utilization of behavioral and mental health services in Indiana from 2004 to 2016.