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Effects of macroeconomic fluctuations on mental health and psychotropic medicine consumption.
International Journal of Health Economics and Management ( IF 1.837 ) Pub Date : 2020-04-19 , DOI: 10.1007/s10754-020-09281-3
Mario Martínez-Jiménez 1 , Judit Vall Castelló 2, 3
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Our aim in this paper is to understand the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on mental health and psychotropic medicine consumption. In order to do that we exploit differences in the fluctuations of business cycle conditions across regional units in Catalonia. Our findings suggest that, in general, economic fluctuations at the local level had no significant effect on the consumption of psychotropic medicines. However, we show that a deterioration in local labour market conditions is associated with a reduction in the consumption of anxiolytics medicines. We also report an increase in the consumption of anxiolytics in regions with a softer deterioration in the economic situation. Although we report mild improvements in both mental and physical health for some sub-groups of the population, we also find significant reductions on the probability of sleeping 6 h or more. Thus, these elements point towards potential negative effects of local labour market conditions on health in the medium/long term.

中文翻译:

宏观经济波动对心理健康和精神药物消费的影响。

本文的目的是了解宏观经济波动对心理健康和精神药物消费的影响。为了做到这一点,我们利用加泰罗尼亚各区域单位的商业周期条件波动差异。我们的发现表明,总体而言,地方经济波动对精神药物的消费没有重大影响。但是,我们表明,当地劳动力市场状况的恶化与抗焦虑药的消费减少有关。我们还报告说,随着经济形势的恶化,该地区抗焦虑药的消费有所增加。尽管我们报告了某些亚人群的心理和身体健康状况有所改善,我们还发现,睡眠6小时或更长时间的概率显着降低。因此,这些因素指出了中长期劳动力市场状况对健康的潜在负面影响。
更新日期:2020-04-19
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