Sociodemographic Factors and the Use of Outpatient Mental Health Services
作者:
Kenneth Wells,
Willard Manning,
Naihua Duan,
Joseph Newhouse,
John Ware,
期刊:
Medical Care
(OVID Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 24,
issue 1
页码: 75-85
ISSN:0025-7079
年代: 1986
出版商: OVID
关键词: mental health use;income;age;sex;site;Health Insurance Experiment
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
What are the effects of sociodemographic factors on the use of outpatient mental health services when different demographic groups have identical health insurance coverage? The authors answer this question using data from the Rand Health Insurance Experiment. Health insurance was randomly assigned to families representative of the nonaged, noninstitutionalized civilian population in six U.S. sites. Income has no significant total effect on use when all income groups have the same coverage. When the effects of variables correlated with socioeconomic status are removed, users with higher socioeconomic status are significantly more likely to choose a mental health specialist rather than only general medical providers for their mental health care (P< 0.05); among those who visit mental health specialists, those with higher socioeconomic status incur significantly greater expenses (P< 0.10). Women use significantly more mental health services than men (P< 0.05), who in turn use significantly more mental health services than children (P< 0.05), even after controlling for demographic factors, health status, and insurance coverage. Similarly, there are large differences (roughly sixfold) by site in outpatient mental health expenses even when all sites have identical coverage.
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