Universal credit trajectories among individuals who access secondary mental health services: analysis of linked data.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine Universal Credit (UC) trajectories, and transitions between UC conditionality regimes among secondary care mental health service users. Sociodemographic and diagnostic characteristics associated with UC trajectories were explored.

Methods

Mental health record data from 4876 individuals who attended mental health services were linked with administrative benefits data. An entry cohort was created including mental health service users who had received UC in 2016 and followed up for 4.5 years. Sequence analysis was used, followed by cluster analysis to identify typical UC trajectories. Sociodemographic and diagnostic characteristics associated with UC clusters were explored using multinominal logistic regression; results were presented as average marginal effe

SUBMITTER: Stevelink SAM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12855221 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature