Impact of socioeconomic position and distance on mental health care utilization: a nationwide Danish follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the impact of socioeconomic position (SEP) and distance to provider on outpatient mental health care utilization among incident users of antidepressants.

Method

A nationwide register-based cohort study of 50,374 person-years.

Results

Persons in low SEP were more likely to have outpatient psychiatrist contacts [odds ratio (OR) 1.25; confidence interval (CI) 1.17-1.34], but less likely to consult a co-payed psychologist (OR 0.49; CI 0.46-0.53) and to get mental health service from a GP (MHS-GP) (OR 0.81; CI 0.77-0.86) compared to persons in high SEP after adjusting for socio-demographics, comorbidity and car ownership. Furthermore, persons in low SEP who had contact to any of these therapists tended to have lower rates of visits compared to those in

SUBMITTER: Packness A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5663810 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature