Cost-related access issues among older adults with mental health needs worldwide 2021
older adults with mental health needs were likely to not visit a doctor, skip a test or treatment, or not fill out a prescription due to cost. This was despite mental health generally being covered under Medicare.
This statistic presents the percentage of adults aged 65 and older with a mental health need who reported any cost-related access problem in 2021 worldwide.
In 2021, Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S. were most likely to report having cost-related problems to accessing mental health services compared to older adults of other high income countries. These