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Table 15. Data Availability for Psychosocial Needs
Data
Availability
|
Psychosocial
Needs Data
|
Advantage
|
Disadvantage
|
|
Proposal and fee required
|
NHIS—D
|
-
Information on use
of adult day care or day activity centers, outpatient mental health services,
mental health ER visits, and community mental health programs.
|
|
|
Public use files
|
MassCHIP
|
-
Number of days of
poor mental health in past 30 days.
- Number of days of
sad, blue, or depressed mood in past 30 days.
|
-
No information on mental
health services utilized.
|
|
American Community Survey
|
-
Available for Worcester metro area.
- Information on
individuals who have difficulty learning, remembering, or concentrating.
|
-
No information on
mental health services utilized.
- May indicate
severity of condition when combined with receipt of SSI.
|
|
CMS approval/
DUA required
|
Medicaid claims
|
-
May contain
information on programs in the community attended by individuals in the Worcester area.
|
-
Data are limited to
low-income individuals, which varies from State to State and year to year.
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