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Access to mental health care increased but not for substance use, while disparities remain.
The researchers 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. They 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.
AHRQ-funded; HS021486.
Citation: Creedon TB, Cook BL .
Access to mental health care increased but not for substance use, while disparities remain.
Health Aff 2016 Jun;35(6):1017-21. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0098.
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Keywords: Access to Care, Disparities, Health Insurance, Policy, Medicaid, Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse
Davis MM, Spurlock M, Dulacki K
Disparities in alcohol, drug use, and mental health condition prevalence and access to care in rural, isolated, and reservation areas: Findings from the South Dakota Health Survey.
The authors studied alcohol, drug use, and mental health (ADM) condition prevalence and access to care across diverse geographies in a predominantly rural state. They concluded that geographic disparities in ADM conditions are related to differences in access as opposed to prevalence, particularly for individuals in isolated and reservation areas.
AHRQ-funded; HS022981.
Citation: Davis MM, Spurlock M, Dulacki K .
Disparities in alcohol, drug use, and mental health condition prevalence and access to care in rural, isolated, and reservation areas: Findings from the South Dakota Health Survey.
J Rural Health 2016 Jun;32(3):287-302. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12157.
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Keywords: Disparities, Behavioral Health, Rural Health, Access to Care, Substance Abuse
Cook BL, Kim G, Morgan KL
Measuring geographic "hot spots" of racial/ethnic disparities: an application to mental health care.
The researchers identified geographic "hot spots" of racial/ethnic disparities in mental health care access. They identified these "hot spots": Richmond, Virginia, and Columbus, Georgia, for Black-White disparities; Fresno, California, and Dallas, Texas, for Latino-White disparities; and Riverside, California, and Houston, Texas, for Asian-White mental health care disparities. They discussed the potential and limitations of these methods as tools for understanding health care disparities in other contexts.
AHRQ-funded; HS021486.
Citation: Cook BL, Kim G, Morgan KL .
Measuring geographic "hot spots" of racial/ethnic disparities: an application to mental health care.
J Health Care Poor Underserved 2016;27(2):663-84. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0091.
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Keywords: Access to Care, Disparities, Behavioral Health, Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Sentell T, Unick GJ, Ahn HJ
Illness severity and psychiatric hospitalization rates among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
This study of mental illness severity and psychiatric hospitalization among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AA/PIs) in Hawaii found that AA/PI subgroups (Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and Native Hawaiians) had lower psychiatric hospitalization rates than whites, but rates varied across AA/PI subgroups.
AHRQ-funded; HS019990
Citation: Sentell T, Unick GJ, Ahn HJ .
Illness severity and psychiatric hospitalization rates among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Psychiatr Serv. 2013 Nov;64(11):1095-102. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200408..
Keywords: Behavioral Health, Hospitalization, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Disparities