Mental Health and Substance Abuse : Employers' Insurance Coverage Maintained or Enhanced Since Parity Act, but Effect of Coverage on Enrollees Varied.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse.

Employee fringe benefits.

Health facilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (42 pages, digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2011.

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Summary:

Report examining extent to which employers cover mental health and substance abuse disorders (MH/SU) through private health insurance plans and how this coverage has changed since passage of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, and reviewing what is known about effect of health insurance coverage for MH/SU on enrollees health care expenditures, access to, or use of MH/SU services and health status.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Feb. 2013). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: United States. Government Accountability Office. Mental Health and Substance Abuse:. 2011 J942-547

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Restricted for use by site license.