Examining mental illness trends in the United States from 2006 to 2019
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Date
2021-12-09
Authors
Olson, Thomas
Vodenska, Irena
Zhang, Guanglan
Nishijima, Marislei
Chitkushev, Lou
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Accepted manuscript
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Citation
T. Olson, I. Vodenska, G. Zhang, M. Nishijima, L. Chitkushev. 2021. "Examining Mental Illness Trends in the United States From 2006 to 2019." 2021 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM). 2021-12-09 - 2021-12-12. https://doi.org/10.1109/bibm52615.2021.9669764
Abstract
We investigate the characteristics of medical expenditures associated with mental illness hospitalizations using the Truven Health MarketScan Database. We focus on the inpatient admissions due to mental illness of adults aged 1S to 64 between 2006 to 2019. We aim to answer the following questions: (1) Did the financial crisis of 2008 impact mental health in the U.S.?(2) What are the other macro-level (socioeconomic and regulartory) and micro-level (individualpatient related) factors that affect the cost of inpatient care due to mental illness; (3) Did mental illness affect men and women differently? (4) How were different regions within the U.S. affected by mental illness?