Unemployment Insurance, Health-Related Social Needs, Health Care Access, and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Intern Med. 2021 May 1;181(5):699-702. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7048.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses whether receiving unemployment insurance is associated with lower health-related social needs, better health care access, and better mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anxiety / diagnosis
  • Anxiety / epidemiology
  • COVID-19* / economics
  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • COVID-19* / psychology
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Depression* / diagnosis
  • Depression* / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Health* / standards
  • Mental Health* / statistics & numerical data
  • Middle Aged
  • Needs Assessment
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Social Security / statistics & numerical data*
  • Unemployment* / psychology
  • Unemployment* / statistics & numerical data
  • United States / epidemiology