Spillover Effects of Benefit Expansions and Carve-Outs on Psychotropic Medication Use and Costs

This paper extends the previous literature examining the impacts of managed behavioral health care carve-outs and mental health parity mandates on mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) specialty treatment use and costs by considering the effects on psychotropic prescription medication costs. We...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Samuel H. Zuvekas, Agnes E. Rupp, Grayson S. Norquist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2005-02-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_42.1.86