Beth Han (
Mark Olfson is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, in New York City.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2017 Dec;36(12):2062-2068. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0922.
We examined national trends in the receipt of specialty outpatient mental health care, using data for 2008-15 from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Between 2008-09 and 2014-15 the number of US adults who received outpatient mental health care in the specialty sector rose from 11.3 million to 13.7 million per year, representing an increase from 5.0 percent to 5.7 percent of the adult population. Among those recipients, however, the annual weighted mean number of visits to the specialty sector remained unchanged. We found increases in both numbers and percentages of adults who received care within the specialty sector across age and sex groups and among non-Hispanic whites, people with Medicare, people with private health insurance, and people with family incomes of $20,000-$49,999. Increases in receipt of specialty mental health care during 2012-15 may be related to recent policy initiatives aimed at reducing financial barriers to care.
我们利用 2008 年至 2015 年期间来自全国毒品使用与健康调查的数据，研究了接受专业门诊心理健康治疗的全国趋势。在 2008-09 年至 2014-15 年期间，每年接受专业门诊心理健康治疗的美国成年人人数从 1130 万增加到 1370 万，占成年人的比例从 5.0%增加到 5.7%。然而，在这些接受者中，每年到专业部门就诊的加权平均人数保持不变。我们发现，在所有年龄组和性别群体中，在非西班牙裔白人、有医疗保险的人、有私人医疗保险的人以及家庭收入在 20000 美元至 49999 美元之间的人中，接受专业心理健康治疗的人数和比例都有所增加。在 2012-15 年期间，专业心理健康治疗的接受率增加可能与最近旨在减少护理经济障碍的政策举措有关。
