Private health insurance coverage for substance abuse and mental health services, 1995 to 1998.
Abstract
Four years of data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse were combined
to examine the characteristics of underinsurance in a sample of privately insured
Americans aged 18 to 64. Among these adults, 38 percent (45 million) reported not
having behavioral health coverage or not knowing their coverage. Young adults aged
18 to 25, Hispanics, Asians, adults in the lowest income level, and less educated
adults were more likely to be underinsured. Untreated addictive and psychiatric problems
are costly to society. Underinsurance among socially disadvantaged subgroups deserves
greater attention from researchers and policy makers.
Type
Journal articleSubject
HumansSubstance-Related Disorders
Health Care Surveys
Multivariate Analysis
Logistic Models
Mental Health Services
Socioeconomic Factors
Adult
Middle Aged
Medically Uninsured
Insurance Coverage
Insurance, Psychiatric
Health Services Accessibility
United States
Female
Male
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20033Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1176/appi.ps.55.2.180Publication Info
Wu, Li-Tzy; & Schlenger, William E (2004). Private health insurance coverage for substance abuse and mental health services,
1995 to 1998. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.), 55(2). pp. 180-182. 10.1176/appi.ps.55.2.180. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20033.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Li-Tzy Wu
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Education/Training: Pre- and post-doctoral training in mental health service research,
psychiatric epidemiology (NIMH T32), and addiction epidemiology (NIDA T32) from Johns
Hopkins University School of Public Health (Maryland); Fellow of the NIH Summer Institute
on the Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials.Director: Duke Community Based
Substance Use Disorder Research Program.Research interests: COVID-19, Opioid misuse,
Opioid overdose, Opioid use disorder

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