Mental Health Parity : Issues and Options in Developing Benefits and Premiums.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health insurance.

Medical economics.

Mental health facilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (10 pages) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1996.

System Details:

System requirements: PDF reader software.

text file

PDF

Summary:

Discusses the issue that under most health insurance coverage, mental health services do not have the same level of coverage as medical and surgical benefits. Examines strategies for achieving mental health parity; discusses logic of limiting mental health benefits; and compares costs and benefits of three options to achieve mental health parity.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Mental Health Parity

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