The impact of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act on inpatient admissions
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (Health Care Cost Institute)
- Author(s):
- Herrera, Carolina-Nicole, author
- Contributor(s):
- Health Care Cost Institute, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C., : Health Care Cost Institute, February 2013
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Insurance Benefits -- legislation & jurisprudence Insurance Coverage -- legislation & jurisprudence Insurance, Health -- legislation & jurisprudence Mental Health Services -- legislation & jurisprudence Patient Admission -- legislation & jurisprudence Patient Admission -- trends Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy Fees, Medical Forecasting Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- economics Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- legislation & jurisprudence Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- trends Health Care Costs Health Services Accessibility Insurance Benefits -- economics Insurance Coverage -- economics Insurance, Health -- economics Mental Health Services -- economics Mental Health Services -- utilization Patient Admission -- economics Substance-Related Disorders -- economics Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- (1) 11.7% increase in per capita spending on mental health inpatient admissions (2010-2011). (2) 5.9% increase in mental health inpatient admissions (2010-2011). (3) 11.5% increase in out-of-pocket spending per capita for mental health inpatient admissions (2010-2011). (4) 28.9% increase in per capita spending on substance use inpatient admissions (2010-2011). (5) 19.5% increase in substance use inpatient admissions (2010-2011). (6) 32.2% increase in out-of-pocket spending per capita for substance use inpatient admissions (2010-2011). The 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) sought to improve access to mental health and substance use services. The Health Care Cost Institute, Inc. (HCCI) analyzed mental health, substance use, and medical/surgical inpatient per capita spending, utilization, prices, and out-of-pocket payments for individuals younger than age 65 and covered by employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) for 2007 through 2011. During the study period, ESI per capita spending nearly doubled for behavioral health admissions and grew to 3.2 percent of in-patient spending. In 2011, mental health admissions grew by 5.9 percent, and substance use admissions grew by 19.5 percent. After 2009, out-of-pocket payments per admission were nearly equivalent for mental health and medical/surgical stays. In all years, out-of-pocket payments per substance use stay remained greater than out-of-pocket payments per mental health or medical/surgical admission. In this initial examination, the role MHPAEA played in the changes observed in 2011 remains unclear.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (10 pages)) : illustrations.
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101654711 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101654711