Mental health and high-cost health care utilization: new evidence from Axis II disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze the associations between Axis II (A2) disorders and two measures of health care utilization with relatively high cost: emergency department (ED) episodes and hospital admissions.

Data source/study setting

Wave I (2001/2002) and Wave II (2004/2005) of the National Longitudinal Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC).

Study design

A national probability sample of adults. Gender-stratified regression analysis adjusted for a range of covariates associated with health care utilization.

Data collection

The target population of the NESARC is the civilian noninstitutionalized population aged 18 years and older residing in the United States. The cumulative survey response rate is 70.2 percent with a response rate of 81 percent (N=43,093) i

SUBMITTER: Maclean JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3976193 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature