Child CAHPS Survey - Mental Health Questions

What We Do

The mental health supplemental question set was added to the Child CAHPS survey in 2021. The introduction to this set of questions reads, "People can get counseling or mental health treatment for many different reasons, such as: Feeling depressed, anxious, or stressed. Personal problems (like when a loved one dies or when there are problems at school). Family problems (like marriage problems or when parents and children have trouble getting along). Needinghelp with drug or alcohol use."

Who We Serve

Child Medicaid members

How We Impact

Measures

CAHPS-Child

Mental Health - % of surveyed child Medicaid beneficiaries who responded "yes" to having made appointments for counseling or mental health treatment in the last 6 months

2022

20%

CAHPS-Child

Mental Health - % of surveyed child Medicaid beneficiaries who responded that it was "somewhat, very or extremely difficult" to make appointments with the person they saw for counseling or mental health treatment

2022

37%

-5%

CAHPS-Child

Mental Health - % of surveyed child Medicaid beneficiaries who responded that they "usually or always" were able to make an appointment for counseling or mental health treatment as soon as they needed

2022

57%

-2%

CAHPS-Child

Mental Health - % of surveyed child Medicaid beneficiaries who responded "yes" to having taken medicine through their counseling or mental health treatment

2022

10%

CAHPS-CCC

Mental Health - % of surveyed child Medicaid beneficiaries who responded that it was "somewhat, very or extremely difficult" to get their prescriptions for mental health medicines as soon as they needed

2022

20%

54%

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