Open AccessThe 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 G. 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.