Insurance status, use of mental health services, and unmet need for mental health care in the united states

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 578-584

  Walker, Elizabeth Reisinger ^a   Cummings, Janet R ^a   Hockenberry, Jason M ^a   Druss, Benjamin G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; INCOME; INSURANCE; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930833607     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400248     Document Type: Article

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