Therapy, Pills and Unmet Needs for Financial Reasons: Socioeconomic Inequalities and Inequities in Access to Mental Health Care in Spain 2014-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To measure socioeconomic-related inequality in perceived unmet needs for financial reasons for mental health care in Spain and to assess socioeconomic-related inequity in access to mental health professionals and psychotropic drugs.

Methods

We used data from the Spanish adult sample of the European Health Interview Survey for 2014 and 2020. Corrected concentration indices were used to measure socioeconomic-related inequalities in unmet needs for financial reasons and inequity in access to mental health care. Social class, based on the occupation of the breadwinner, was used as a proxy of socioeconomic status. A decomposition analysis was performed to determine the variables that explain inequalities and to identify inequity in access.

Results

Unmet need for

SUBMITTER: Urbanos-Garrido RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12397126 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature