title: Effects of managed care on alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment.
abstract: The article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2001 RSA Meeting in Montreal, Canada. The organizer/chair was Stephen Magura. The presentations examined: (1) How managed care organization policies may affect enrollees' use of alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment, by Constance Horgan and associates; (2) The determinants of patients' access to and utilization of AOD treatment in a large health maintenance organization, by Jennifer R. Mertens and Constance Weisner; (3) The impact on treatment access and costs of a statewide carve-out for AOD treatment for Medicaid, by Donald Shepard and associates; and (4) The predictive validity of a new patient assessment technology developed, in part, to better justify AOD treatment in response to the demands of managed care, by Stephen Magura and associates.
authors.affiliation: National Development and Research Institutes, New York, New York, USA. magura@ndri.org
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Magura
authors.forename: Constance M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Horgan
authors.forename: Jennifer R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Mertens
authors.forename: Donald S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Shepard
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data