Socioeconomic position and mental health care use before and after first redeemed antidepressant and time until subsequent contact to psychologist or psychiatrists: a nationwide Danish follow-up study.

Aake PacknessSonja WehbergLene Halling HastrupErik SimonsenJens SøndergaardFrans Boch Waldorff

Published in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2020)

Being in high SEP was positively associated with MHCU, before and after ID, and more rapid PP contact, most explicit when measured by education. Co-payment for psychologist may divert care towards private psychiatrist for low-income groups.

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