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Trends in Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Access to Mental Health Care, 2004–2012

Psychiatric Services · 2016 · Vol. 68(1) · pp. 9–16

Benjamin Lê Cook✉(Cambridge Health Alliance)Nhi‐Ha Trinh(Cambridge Health Alliance)Zhihui Li(Cambridge Health Alliance)Sherry Shu‐Yeu Hou(Cambridge Health Alliance)Ana M. Progovac(Cambridge Health Alliance)

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Abstract

No reductions in racial-ethnic disparities in access to mental health care were identified between 2004 and 2012. For blacks and Hispanics, disparities were exacerbated over this period. Clinical interventions that improve identification of symptoms of mental illness, expansion of health insurance, and other policy interventions that remove financial barriers to access may help to reduce these disparities.

Mental Health Treatment and Access Healthcare Policy and Management Emergency and Acute Care StudiesEthnic groupMental healthMedicinePsychological interventionMedical Expenditure Panel SurveyHealth equityHealth careRace and healthMental illnessGerontology

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBlack or African AmericanFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleMental Health ServicesMiddle AgedUnited StatesHealthcare DisparitiesYoung Adult

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526

FWCI

17.52

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99%

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