The Costs and Benefits of Reducing Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Care | Zendy

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The Costs and Benefits of Reducing Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Care

Author(s) -

Benjamin Lê Cook,

Zimin Liu,

Anna Sophia Lessios,

Stephen Loder,

Thomas McGuire

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

psychiatric services

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.517

H-Index - 145

eISSN - 1557-9700

pISSN - 1075-2730

DOI - 10.1176/appi.ps.201400070

Subject(s) - medical expenditure panel survey , medicine , mental health , ethnic group , health care , inpatient care , ambulatory care , pharmacy , health equity , mental illness , family medicine , psychiatry , public health , nursing , sociology , anthropology , health insurance , economics , economic growth

Previous studies have found that timely mental health treatment can result in savings in both mental health and general medical care expenditures. This study examined whether reducing racial-ethnic disparities in mental health care offsets costs of care.

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