Pharmaceutical Executive July 19, 2024
Don Tracy, Associate Editor

JAMA study aims to determine whether financial barriers impact access to mental health services.

In the United States, a number of low-income adults struggle to gain access to appropriate mental health care. Despite efforts such as new legislations aimed at extending both private and public insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), financial barriers are still an issue.

In a study published in JAMA Psychiatry, researchers aimed to discover whether there was an association between medical debt and delayed or forgone mental health care among adults in the United States. The study included data from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey, which measured responses from 27,651 adults with current or lifetime diagnoses of depression or anxiety. Additionally, Asian, Black, and...

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Topics: Mental Health, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends
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