Foster care youth have higher behavioral health needs and more ER visits leading up to entry, research finds

A critical step to improving the well-being of children and youth in foster care is understanding the complex health care needs they face. That’s why a team of experts at the University of Colorado School of Medicine collaborated with state agencies to analyze health data and identify trends among those in the foster care system using Colorado’s Medicaid program. Mark Gritz, Ph.D., who is head of the CU Division of Health Care Policy and Research and the director of operations for the Adult and Child Center for Outcomes Research and Delivery Science, has been a leader in this analytics project, Read More