Mental Health Care Among Low-Income Pregnant Women with Depressive Symptoms: Facilitators and Barriers to Care Access and the Effectiveness of Financial Incentives for Increasing Care

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 484-492

  Sacks, Rebecca M ^a   Greene, Jessica ^a   Burke, Ryan ^b   Owen, Erin C ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Policy Research Northwest   (United States)

^c Slocum Research and Education Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial incentives; Medicaid; Mental health care access; Perinatal depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; PILOT STUDY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTIVATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930377883     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-014-0562-4     Document Type: Article

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