title: Does treating maternal depression improve child health management? The case of pediatric asthma.
abstract: Past studies have demonstrated an association between maternal depression and poor management of pediatric asthma. Using an instrumental variables strategy to address the endogeneity of depression treatment, I build on this literature to answer the question of whether treating maternal depression leads to an improvement in pediatric asthma management. I show that treatment of mother's depression improves management of child's asthma, resulting in a reduction in asthma costs in the 6-month period following diagnosis of $798 per asthmatic child whose mother is treated for depression.
authors.affiliation: The Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037, USA. cperry@ui.urban.org
authors.forename: Cynthia D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Perry
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D008484:Medicaid; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D010346:Patient Care Management; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States