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A Proposal For Comprehensive And Specific Essential Mental Health And Substance Use Disorder Benefits, Stacey A. Tovino
A Proposal For Comprehensive And Specific Essential Mental Health And Substance Use Disorder Benefits, Stacey A. Tovino
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This Article analyzes the initial efforts of the Federal Department of Health and Human Services to implement the essential mental health and substance use disorder services benefit required by section 1302(b)(1)(E) of the Affordable Care Act and proposes the adoption of a comprehensive and specific essential mental health and substance use disorder benefit set. At a minimum, the benefit set should cover medically necessary and evidence-based inpatient and outpatient mental healthcare services, inpatient substance abuse detoxification services, inpatient and outpatient substance abuse rehabilitation services, emergency mental healthcare services, prescription drugs for mental health conditions, participation in psychiatric disease management programs, …
Mental Health Care Consumption And Outcomes: Considering Preventative Strategies Across Race And Class, Barak D. Richman, Dan Grossman, Frank A. Sloan, Craig Chepke
Mental Health Care Consumption And Outcomes: Considering Preventative Strategies Across Race And Class, Barak D. Richman, Dan Grossman, Frank A. Sloan, Craig Chepke
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In previous work (Richman 2007), we found that even under conditions of equal insurance coverage and access to mental healthcare providers, whites and high-income individuals consume more outpatient mental health services than nonwhites and low-income individuals. We follow-up that study to determine (1) whether nonwhite and low-income individuals obtain medical substitutes to mental healthcare, and (2) whether disparate consumption leads to disparate health outcomes. We find that nonwhites and low-income individuals are more likely than their white and high-income counterparts to obtain mental health care from general practitioners over mental healthcare providers, and nearly twice as likely not to follow …