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ArticleCommunity mental health journal2018

Differences in Use of Government Subsidised Mental Health Services by Men and Women with Psychological Distress: A Study of 229,628 Australians Aged 45 Years and Over.

Xenia Dolja-Gore, Deborah Loxton, Catherine D'Este, Fiona Blyth, Julie Byles

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Article in Community mental health journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Xenia Dolja-GoreResearch Centre for Generational Health and Ageing, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Dr, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia. xenia.doljagore@newcastle.edu.au.
Deborah LoxtonResearch Centre for Generational Health and Ageing, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Dr, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia.
Catherine D'EsteNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH) Research School of Population Health, ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, The Australian National University Building, 62 Mills Road, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia.
Fiona BlythCHAMP Study Centre for Education and Research on Ageing Concord Hospital, Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2300, Australia.
Julie BylesResearch Centre for Generational Health and Ageing, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Dr, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study examined factors associated with use of government subsidised mental health services by 229,628 men and women from the Sax Institute's 45 and Up Study. Logistical regression models assessed use of mental health services by gender and according to level of psychological distress. Approximately equal proportion of men and women had high psychological distress scores (approximately 7%) but only 7% of these men and 11% of these women used services. Use was associated with predisposing (younger age and higher education), enabling (private health insurance) and need factors (higher psychological distress scores). Associations were similar for men and women except urban area of residence, separated/divorced marital status, and smoking were associated with service use for women but not men. Results suggest some inequity in the use of services by those with higher levels of need and further efforts may be required to reach people with higher need but lower service use.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAustraliaFemaleFinancing, GovernmentHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMental Health ServicesMiddle AgedPatient Acceptance of Health CareSex FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsStress, PsychologicalAccess to careMental health servicesSevere psychosocial distress

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PMID29667070

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