%0 Journal Article %T Children¡¯s Mental Health Need and Expenditures in Ontario: Findings from the 2014 Ontario Child Health Study %A 2014 Ontario Child Health Study Team %A Jinette Comeau %A Katholiki Georgiades %A Laura Duncan %A Li Wang %A Michael H. Boyle %A Stephen Birch %J Archive of "Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Revue Canadienne de Psychiatrie". %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0706743719830036 %X To estimate the alignment between the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS) expenditures for children¡¯s mental health services and population need, and to quantify the value of adjusting for need in addition to population size in formula-based expenditure allocations. Two need definitions are used: ¡°assessed need,¡± as the presence of a mental disorder, and ¡°perceived need,¡± as the subjective perception of a mental health problem %K mental health need %K children %K services %K expenditures %K Ontario %K funding formula %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463359/