The outcomes associated with poor mental health

Since the May 2nd publication of the NEJM paper on the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment (OHIE), there has been an uptick in commentary about the effects of poor mental health on physical health. In a new post on the AcademyHealth blog, I round up some of that commentary and toss in some additional review of the relevant literature. Go read it!

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Austin Frakt

Austin Frakt, PhD, is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist. His day job is Associate Director of the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the Boston VA Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He is also a Professor with the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at the Boston University’s School of Public Health, a Principal Research Scientist with the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health Services Research.

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