The Decline In Receipt Of Substance Abuse Treatment By The Privately Insured, 1992-2001

This study examines underlying trends in substance abuse services financed by private insurance. Analyses are based on the 1992 and 2001 Medstat MarketScan database, a claims database from large employers. The percentage of beneficiaries using any substance abuse services declined by 23 percent from...

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Published inHealth Affairs Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 157 - 162
Main Authors Mark, Tami L, Coffey, Rosanna M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Health Affairs 01.11.2004
The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alcohol
Beneficiaries
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug abuse
Employees
Employers
Female
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health Expenditures
Health insurance
Health maintenance organizations
HMOs
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Insurance Claim Review
Insurance, Health
Male
Managed care
Middle Aged
Pharmaceuticals
Population
Private Sector
Statistical analysis
Statistical data
Studies
Substance abuse treatment
Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
Trends
United States
United States
United States > US
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Summary:This study examines underlying trends in substance abuse services financed by private insurance. Analyses are based on the 1992 and 2001 Medstat MarketScan database, a claims database from large employers. The percentage of beneficiaries using any substance abuse services declined by 23 percent from 1992 to 2001 (from 0.64 percent of enrollees to 0.49 percent of enrollees). This decline was evident in all categories: inpatient, outpatient, and pharmaceutical usage. Substance abuse spending per covered life (in constant dollars) dropped from about $21.16 in 1992 to about $5.58 in 2001 [corrected]
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.23.6.157