TY - JOUR
T1 - I. Comparing use of public and private mental health services
T2 - The enduring barriers of race and age
AU - Swartz, Marvin S.
AU - Wagner, H. Ryan
AU - Swanson, Jeffrey W.
AU - Burns, Barbara J.
AU - George, Linda K.
AU - Padgett, Deborah K.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Data from the NIMH-Epidemiologic Catchment Area Project were used to predict differential use of private versus public outpatient mental health services, a salient concern in integrating public and private services in market-based health care reform efforts. Having a recent psychiatric disorder, being age 25-44, female, white, of higher educational level, and unmarried increase the odds of any mental health service use. However, odds of treatment in the public sector are increased for males, African Americans, those with low educational and income levels, and odds are markedly decreased for the elderly, suggesting significant barriers to care for these mentally ill subpopulations.
AB - Data from the NIMH-Epidemiologic Catchment Area Project were used to predict differential use of private versus public outpatient mental health services, a salient concern in integrating public and private services in market-based health care reform efforts. Having a recent psychiatric disorder, being age 25-44, female, white, of higher educational level, and unmarried increase the odds of any mental health service use. However, odds of treatment in the public sector are increased for males, African Americans, those with low educational and income levels, and odds are markedly decreased for the elderly, suggesting significant barriers to care for these mentally ill subpopulations.
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1018736917761
DO - 10.1023/A:1018736917761
M3 - Review article
C2 - 9620158
AN - SCOPUS:0032039559
SN - 0010-3853
VL - 34
SP - 133
EP - 144
JO - Community mental health journal
JF - Community mental health journal
IS - 2
ER -