James B. Kirby ( James. Kirby@ahrq. hhs. gov ) is a senior researcher in the Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in Rockville, Maryland.
Samuel H. Zuvekas is a senior adviser in the Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, AHRQ.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2019 Dec;38(12):2057-2060. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00369.
Analysis of a nationally representative sample of adults with mental health needs shows that rural residents have fewer ambulatory mental health visits than their urban counterparts do. Even among people already on prescription medications for mental health conditions, rural-urban differences are large.
一项针对有精神健康需求的成年人的全国代表性样本的分析表明,农村居民的门诊心理健康就诊次数少于城市居民。即使在已经服用精神健康药物的人群中,城乡差异也很大。