Fact Sheet
The Washington State Mental Health Services Cost Offset and Client Outcome Study examined Medicaid claims, mental health treatment, and mortality data for aged, blind, or disabled clients who had a mental illness diagnosis in their medical records at some point between July 1998 and June 2002. The study examined the effects of publicly funded mental health care on medical costs and mortality. Adult aged, blind, or disabled clients on Medicaid who received publicly funded mental health treatment had lower subsequent medical costs and a reduced risk of death compared to clients diagnosed with mental illness who did not receive mental health treatment.
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- Bringing Recovery into Diverse Groups through Engagement and Support (4.97)
- Chemical Dependency Treatment Reduces Emergency Room Costs and Visits (11.120)
- Disability Caseload Trends and Mental Illness: Incentives under Health Care Reform to Invest in Mental Health Treatment for Non-Disabled Adults (3.36)
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- Identifying Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Using an SBIRT Model: Washington State's Experience (11.242)
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- Non-Methadone Chemical Dependency Treatment for Opiate Addiction Reduces Health Care Costs, Arrest and Convictions (4.50)
- Outcomes for Persons Discharged from Community Psychiatric Hospitals (3.42)
- Overdose Deaths among Medicaid Enrollees in Washington State (4.92)
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- Quality Indicators and Outcomes for Persons Discharged from State Psychiatric Hospitals (3.41)
- Reducing Emergency Room Visits Through Chemical Dependency Treatment: Focus on Frequent Emergency Room Visitors (11.121)
- Sustainability of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment in Healthcare Settings (4.101)
- The Impact of Mental Health Court on Recidivism and Other Key Outcomes (3.49)
- Transitioning Residents from Nursing Homes to Community Living: Impact of Washington State’s Roads to Community Living (RCL) Demonstration on Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Costs (8.33)
- Using Claims-Based Risk Indicators to Predict Health Outcomes for Children with Mental Illness (3.38)
- Washington State Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Cost Offset Pilot Project (11.109)