Financial Distress and Use of Mental Health Care: Evidence from Antidepressant Prescription Claims

Haizhen Lin (), Jonathan Ketcham, James N. Rosenquest and Kosali Simon
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James N. Rosenquest: Harvard Medical School
Kosali Simon: Indiana University

No 2013-06, Working Papers from Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, Department of Business Economics and Public Policy

Abstract: Using nationwide county-level longitudinal data, we show that recent declines in housing prices are associated with an increased utilitization of antidepressant prescriptions among the near elderly. Our results persist in difference-in-difference models using either all non-antidepressant drugs or statins as controls.

Keywords: financial distress; housing crisis; mental health; prescription (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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