州精神健康保险平等待遇法和大学教育成果。

State mental health insurance parity laws and college educational outcomes.

机构信息

Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Room 306, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States.

Division of Consumer & Community Affairs of the Federal Reserve System, Board of Governors, 1850 K St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States.

出版信息

J Health Econ. 2022 Dec;86:102675. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102675. Epub 2022 Aug 27.

DOI:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2022.102675

PMID:36088863

Abstract

We examine the effect of the state-level full parity mental illness law implementation on mental illness among college-aged individuals and human capital accumulation in college. We utilize administrative data on completed suicides and grade point average (GPA) and survey data on reported mental illness days and decisions to disenroll from college between 1998 and 2008 in a difference-in-differences (DD) analysis to uncover the causal effects of state-level parity laws. We find that state-level parity law reduces youth suicide rate and propensity to report any poor mental health day, increases college GPA, and does not change the propensity to disenroll from college.

摘要

我们考察了州级全面平等待遇精神疾病法案的实施对大学生群体心理健康和大学期间人力资本积累的影响。我们利用了 1998 年至 2008 年间完成自杀事件和平均绩点（GPA）的行政数据，以及关于报告精神疾病日和决定退学的调查数据，采用双重差分（DID）分析来揭示州级平等待遇法的因果效应。我们发现，州级平等待遇法降低了青少年自杀率和报告任何心理健康不良日的倾向，提高了大学 GPA，且并未改变退学的倾向。