Financial distress and use of mental health care: Evidence from antidepressant prescription claims

Economics Letters

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 449-453

  Lin, Haizhen ^a   Ketcham, Jonathan D ^b   Rosenquist, James N ^c   Simon, Kosali I ^d,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial distress; Housing crisis; Mental health; Prescription

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886434852     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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