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July 31, 2026Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service ResearchOpen Access

Changes and Trends in Healthcare Utilization for Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders before, during, and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

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KKKyungrim KangYKYeseul Kim

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Interrupted time-series analysis reveals altered trends in mental health services for children during COVID-19 pandemic.

Key Points

  • The aim is to determine if the rise in outpatient visits for child and adolescent mental disorders was due to COVID-19 or ongoing trends.
  • Interrupted time-series analysis using national health insurance claims data
  • Analysis adjusted for seasonality and autocorrelation
  • Comparison of demographic characteristics across periods.
  • Outpatient visits decreased by 14.1% and medical expenditure by 15.2% immediately after COVID-19 onset
  • Recovery in outpatient visits showed slower growth compared to pre-pandemic trends
  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder cases increased, while some other disorders decreased.

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Kang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6c46e6747664a1aa73bc39https://doi.org/10.52937/hira.26.6.2.e3
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