Studies from University of Illinois Update Current Data on Mental Health (The Effects of Insurance Status and Medical Need on Community-Based Health…

Studies from University of Illinois Update Current Data on Mental Health (The Effects of Insurance Status and Medical Need on Community-Based Health Care Access Among Jail Detainees With Serious Mental Illnesses)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- A new study on Mental Health is now available. According to news reporting out of Chicago, Illinois, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "The present study assessed factors affecting patterns of pre-incarceration medical service access and use among jail detainees with serious mental illnesses and co-occurring substance use disorders. Multivariable logistic and negative binomial models controlling for socio-demographic and psychodiagnostic factors assessed the extent to which insurance status and medical need significantly affected having a regular health care place/provider and number of emergency and non-emergency care visits in the year prior to detention."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Illinois, "The results indicated having insurance was associated with decreased emergency care use and increased access to routine medical care. In comparison with insurance status, medical need was a more important determinant of the frequency of both routine and emergency medical care visits."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "We believe the results broadly support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, as well as its provisions for medical homes for offender populations."

For more information on this research see: The Effects of Insurance Status and Medical Need on Community-Based Health Care Access Among Jail Detainees With Serious Mental Illnesses. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 2016;43(10):1386-1405. Criminal Justice and Behavior can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - www.sagepub.com/; Criminal Justice and Behavior - cjb.sagepub.com)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting of Illinois, Jane Addams Coll Social Work, Chicago, IL 60607, United States (see also Mental Health).

Keywords for this news article include: Chicago, Illinois, United States, North and Central America, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Epidemiology, Mental Illness, Legal Issues, University of Illinois.

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