Paying for mental health and substance abuse care.
Fifty-four billion dollars was spent on alcohol/drug abuse and mental health treatment in 1990. These expenditures were concentrated in the area of inpatient psychiatric care and on persons with severe mental health and substance abuse problems. The data on expenditure patterns for mental health and substance abuse care suggest that successful health care reform in this area must implement mechanisms for controlling inpatient utilization and managing the care of persons with the most severe disorders.
Frank
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School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.
McGuire
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Regier
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Manderscheid
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Woodward
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