The use of machine learning (ML) in healthcare raises numerous ethical concerns,
especially as models can amplify existing health inequities. Here, we outline ethical …

Purpose Mental health disparities exist across several dimensions of social inequality,
including race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status and gender. Most investigations of health …

Objective: This study compared trends in racial-ethnic disparities in mental health care
access among whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians by using the Institute of Medicine …

Large disparities in health insurance coverage and access to health services have long
persisted in the US health care system. We considered how the insurance coverage …

Objectives. To document how health insurance coverage changed for White, Black, and
Hispanic adults after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect. Methods. We used data …

Supplement to “Propensity score weighting for causal inference with multiple treatments”.
Supplement A: On Transitivity. We provide a detailed discussion on transitivity of the target …

More than one-third of the approximately two million people entering publicly funded
substance abuse treatment in the United States do not complete treatment. Additionally …

With chapters written by leading scholars and researchers, the third edition of A Handbook
for the Study of Mental Health provides an updated, comprehensive review of the sociology …

Objective To investigate disparities in mental health care episodes, aligning our analyses
with decisions to start or drop treatment, and choices made during treatment. Study Design …

We assessed whether early implementation of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid
expansion and state health insurance exchanges increased access to mental health and …