Health and Social Care Diversity Among Individuals with Longstanding Physical and Psychological Health Problems: Pooled Repeated Cross Sectional Analyses

Abstract

This paper examines differences in health-and-social care utilisation for individuals with physical and/or mental health problems. Logistic regression models are used to determine disparity in the percentage of General Household/Lifestyle Survey participants with physical compared to mental health problems receiving disability benefits or health care services between 2000 and 2011. Our findings of a relative underutilisation of secondary health care combined with a relative overutilization of out-of-work benefits by individuals with mental health problems is novel to the field of rehabilitative health care. These results provide evidence for the previously suspected disparity in health care utilisation of individuals with mental health problems and indicate problems in labour force integration. The findings support the political call for a 'parity of esteem', which, in Britain, was enshrined in the Health and Social Care Act of 2012.

Recovery Housing Program for Drug Addicts: Work Patterns, Substance Abuse, and Housing Situation After a 6-Month Follow-up

“…Vulnerability and social inequalities are related to diseases and mental disorders that affect individuals and communities both in the short term and long term 1,2. These inequalities entail problems that can hamper the access to health care services,3 ultimately compromising the effectiveness of measures aimed at improving health and well-being 4…”

“…V ulnerability and social inequalities are related to diseases and mental disorders that affect individuals and communities both in the short term and long term. 1,2 These inequalities entail problems that can hamper the access to health care services, 3 ultimately compromising the effectiveness of measures aimed at improving health and well-being. 4 Among people at high levels of social vulnerability, the consumption of psychoactive substances is associated with various types of physical and psychological harm, involvement in risky sexual behaviors, and exposure to potentially traumatic events (systemic violence, neglect, and situations of abuse during childhood, both inside and outside the family environment).…”