Economic Analysis of Mental Health in China

by Xuezheng Qin and Chee-Ruey Hsieh

This book uses an economic approach to analyze the socioeconomic causes and consequences of mental health disorders in China, with a special focus on mental depression. Based on a nationally representative dataset, we first investigate the prevalence and distribution of depression and depressive symptoms among China's adult population, and then use several econometric methods to estimate the multi-dimensional disease burden of the mental disorder,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 981994208X
• ISBN13: 9789819942084
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 165 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"