Postpartum depression and health services expenditures among employed women

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• Personal Author:
  Dagher RK ; Dowd BE ; Gjerdingen DK ; McGovern, Patricia M.
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of postpartum depression with health services expenditures among employed women. METHODS: Women, aged 18 years and older, were recruited from three community hospitals in Minnesota while hospitalized for childbirth in 2001. Using Andersen's Behavioral Model, we regressed the natural log of the price-weighted sum of self-reported health services used from hospital discharge until 11 weeks postpartum on depression status at 5 weeks postpartum (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale). RESULTS: Five percent of the women met the depression threshold. Two-stage least squares analyses showed that depressed women incurred 90% higher health services expenditures than nondepressed women. Older age, poverty, non-public assistance insurance status, and increased maternal symptoms also were associated with higher expenditures. CONCLUSIONS: Higher health expenditures among postpartum depressed women highlight the importance of addressing mental health issues in the workplace. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Epidemiology Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Mental Disorders Mental Health Occupational Health Pregnancy Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Women
• Keywords:
  Analytical-models Behavioral-testing Employee-health Health-services Health-surveys Mathematical-models Mental-disorders Mental-health Psychological-reactions Psychological-testing Questionnaires Statistical-analysis Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; Minnesota ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  210-215
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040901
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2012 Feb; 54(2):210-215
• Contact Point Address:
  Rada Dagher, PhD, MPH, Department of Health Services Administration, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, 3310B School of Public Health Building, College Park, MD 20742
• Email:
  rdagher1@umd.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20050929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:85b3788f907559aaa7f3d6c2e9cd87b7d9eee0498e54ce0f9b34199578a31e1af97abe7b45b3015288ddff5b8c968d53b9dc8057c08e1f50df12f1e667aa7ce8
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193600/cdc_193600_DS1.pdf
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