MCC-UE 1040 Lecture Notes - Comorbidity, Medicaid
5 Jun 2014
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1 in 4 us citizens have a mental illness more than 4 in 10 will develop on in their lifetime most common are anxiety, mood disorders, depression mental illness costs us more than billion (2002) Surveillance: population based surveys look at prevalence of symptoms, not actual disorders (not a diagnosis) people can be said to have symptoms consistent with a certain disorder. Assessments of hospital admissions medicaid, medicare, private insurance claims tools to looks at symptoms of mental illness large surveys that focus on wide range of health topics can typically only include a limited number of mental health questions.
