Supply of mental health practices after prescriptive authority expansion for psychologists

IF 1.7 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Contemporary Economic Policy Pub Date : 2024-04-06 DOI:10.1111/coep.12643

Angela Shoulders, Alicia Plemmons

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Abstract

The prescription‐privileges movement has advocated for state laws enabling trained psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medication. We examine the impact of these laws on healthcare access and outcomes. Using staggered difference‐in‐differences analysis and Data Axle data, we estimate the number of new mental health establishments per 100,000 people after policy implementation. Using CDC data, we analyze the policy's impact on suicide rates. We find the policy increased the number of psychology and counseling practices without decreasing the number of psychiatric practices, implying that these practices are complements rather than substitutes. Quality held steady, with no notable change in the suicide rate.

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心理学家处方权扩大后心理健康实践的供应情况

处方权运动倡导各州制定法律，允许训练有素的心理学家开具精神药物处方。我们研究了这些法律对医疗服务的获取和结果的影响。利用交错差分分析和 Data Axle 数据，我们估算了政策实施后每 10 万人新增心理健康机构的数量。利用疾病预防控制中心的数据，我们分析了该政策对自杀率的影响。我们发现，该政策增加了心理学和心理咨询机构的数量，却没有减少精神科机构的数量，这意味着这些机构是互补而非替代的。质量保持稳定，自杀率没有明显变化。

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3.10

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期刊介绍： Contemporary Economic Policy publishes scholarly economic research and analysis on issues of vital concern to business, government, and other decision makers. Leading western scholars, including three Nobel laureates, are among CEP"s authors. The objectives are to communicate results of high quality economic analysis to policymakers, focus high quality research and analysis on current policy issues of widespread concern, increase knowledge among economists of features of the economy key to understanding the impact of policy, and to advance methods of policy analysis.