People experiencing mental distress less likely to have health insurance
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
People with frequent mental distress are markedly more likely that than those with frequent physical distress to lack health insurance, according to research appearing the October issue of Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association. Uninsured adults have less access to recommended care, receive poorer quality care, and experience worse health outcomes than insured adults.
