Trends in Treatment and Spending for Patients Receiving Outpatient Treatment of Depression in the United States, 1998-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Context

After marked increases from 1987 to 1997, trends in depression treatment in the United States increased modestly from 1998 to 2007. However, multiple policy changes that expanded insurance coverage for mental health conditions may have shifted these trends again since 2007.

Objective

To examine national trends in outpatient treatment of depression from 1998 to 2015, with particular focus on 2007 to 2015.

Design, setting, and participants

This analysis of the use of health services and spending for treatment of depression in the United States assessed data from the 1998 (n = 22 953), 2007 (n = 29 370), and 2015 (n = 33 893) Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys (MEPSs). Participants included respondent households to the nationally representative survey. Data were a

SUBMITTER: Hockenberry JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6487900 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature