@article{ref1,
title="State-to-state variation in SSI enrollment for children with mental disabilities: an administrative and ethical challenge",
journal="Psychiatric services",
year="2016",
author="Hoagwood, Kimberly E. and Zima, Bonnie T. and Buka, Stephen L. and Houtrow, Amy and Kelleher, Kelly J.",
volume="68",
number="2",
pages="195-198",
abstract="OBJECTIVE:The study examined state variation in rates of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) determinations, allowances, and receipt of benefits for ten selected child mental disabilities in 2013.<br><br>METHODS:SSI administrative and U.S. Census Bureau data collected by a multidisciplinary consensus committee convened by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine in 2015 were examined.<br><br>RESULTS:Less than 1% of children in 2013 were recipients of SSI for mental disabilities. Determination rates ranged from 1,441 to 251 per 100,000 low-income children, an almost sixfold difference. Allowance rates varied from 16% to 78%, a fivefold difference. Receipt of benefits ranged from.7% to 5.3%, a sevenfold difference.<br><br>CONCLUSIONS:Large unexplained discrepancies across states were found in review and receipt of SSI benefits for low-income children with mental disabilities. Inequities that cannot be explained by disability severity or financial need violate the ethos of equitable access to federally entitled services.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1075-2730",
doi="10.1176/appi.ps.201600118",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600118"
}