Parity and Out-of-Pocket Spending for Children With High Mental Health or Substance Abuse Expenditures

OBJECTIVE: The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act required health plans to provide mental health and substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits on par with medical benefits beginning in 2010. Previous research found that parity significantly lowered average...

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Main Authors: Barry, Colleen L., Chien, Alyna T., Normand, Sharon-Lise T., Busch, Alisa B., Azzone, Vanessa, Goldman, Howard H., Huskamp, Haiden A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Academy of Pediatrics 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3581843/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23420919
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2012-1491
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