Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 2015
Publication Title
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice
Volume
8
Issue
2
Abstract
There exist many disconnects between the mental and general health care sectors. However, a goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 is to change this by improving insurance access and the intersection of mental and general health care. As insurance status intersects with race, the present study examines how race, insurance status, and hospital mental health services utilization differ across groups within the state of New Jersey. The present study aims to determine trends in hospital mental health care utilization by insurance status and race from 1999 to 2010. The rate of self-pay for mental health disorders in the Black population was significantly higher than the rate for Whites and Asians during this period. However, though Asian mental health utilization increased the most over the 11-year period, the Asian population had the slowest growth in self-pay rates. ANOVA tests demonstrated significant differences in the rate of self-pay mental health cases between race groups (pp
Original Publication Citation
Nguyen-Feng, V.N., Beydoun, H.A., McShane, M.K., & Blando, J.D. (2015). Disparities in hospital services utilization among patients with mental health issues: A statewide example examining insurance status and race factors from 1999-2010. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, 8(2), 7.
Repository Citation
Nguyen-Feng, Viann N.; Beydoun, Hind A.; McShane, Michael K.; and Blando, James D., "Disparities in Hospital Services Utilization Among Patients with Mental Health Issues: A Statewide Example Examining Insurance Status and Race Factors from 1999-2010" (2015). Community & Environmental Health Faculty Publications. 5.
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