DATAWATCH Access To Mental Health Care Increased But Not For Substance Use, While Disparities Remain

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作者
Creedon, Timothy B. [1 ,2 ]
Le Cook, Benjamin [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Brandeis Univ, Heller Sch Social Policy & Management, Waltham, MA 02453 USA
[2] Cambridge Hlth Alliance, Hlth Equ Res Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[3] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Boston, MA 02115 USA
基金
美国医疗保健研究与质量局;
关键词
COVERAGE; ACT;
D O I
10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0098
中图分类号
R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
We assessed whether early implementation of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion and state health insurance exchanges increased access to mental health and substance use treatment among those in need and whether these changes differed by racial/ethnic group. We found that mental health treatment rates increased significantly but found no evidence of a reduction in the wide racial/ethnic disparities in mental health treatment that preceded ACA expansion from 2005 to 2013. © 2016 Project HOPE- The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.
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页码:1017 / 1021
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