General medical claims for behavioral health patients in Japan

• Published in: The American journal of managed care Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 256 - 261
• Main Author: Kishi, Yasuhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Jamesburg MultiMedia Healthcare Inc 01.06.2020
• Subjects: Cerebrovascular disease; Chronic illnesses; Comorbidity; Cost shifting; Dementia; Diabetes; Enrollments; Health care expenditures; Health care policy; Health insurance; Health services; Heart attacks; Insurance claims; Kidney diseases; Liver diseases; Mental health; Patients; Pharmacy; Public health; United States > US; Japan

ABSTRACT Objectives: To evaluate the magnitude of general medical claims expenditures (ie, medical service use) for individuals who use and do not use behavioral health (BH) services in the Japanese free-access medical insurance system to determine if BH patients use substantially more health servic...