Effects of macroeconomic fluctuations on mental health and psychotropic medicine consumption

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 genera...

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Published in:International journal of health care finance and economics 2020-09, Vol.20 (3), p.277-297
Main Authors: Martínez-Jiménez, Mario, Castelló, Judit Vall
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Fluctuations
Health Administration
Health Care Management
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Medicine
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Psychotropic drugs
Public Finance
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Business cycles
Consumption
Economic conditions
Economic Policy
Economics
Fluctuations
Health Administration
Health Care Management
Health Economics
Labor market
Macroeconomics
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
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Psychotropic drugs
Public Finance
Public Health
Regional development
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Tranquilizers
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