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3923999

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-7-3
pubmed:abstractText
Various methods for estimating the cost of mandated mental health benefits have been devised, each resulting in substantially different estimates. These methods neglect to distinguish between the two components of cost to the insurer: social cost (due to increased utilization) and shifted cost (from other sources of payment). We apply a method we developed for estimating the two types of costs of mandates for outpatient mental health services that integrates data from insurers with information from the literature on financing of mental health services. We applied our method to legislation recently proposed in Massachusetts that would double the mandated minimum benefit level from +500 to +1,000. We expect payments by the largest carrier in the state to increase by a factor of 1.65. More than half of this increase represents shifted costs rather than new costs to society.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0003-990X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
558-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Costs of mandates for outpatient mental health care in private health insurance.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't