Health
Care Cost Offset
A three year
study by Aetna shows that the medical costs per beneficiary dropped from $242
per person to $162 in a period of three years after the
introduction of mental health services.
Researchers have
concluded that a decrease in total health care costs can be expected following
mental health intervention, even when the cost of the intervention is included.
Research at
Columbia Medical Plan shows that untreated mentally ill patients increased their
medical utilization by 61%.
National Cash
Register (NCR) reports a savings of $300,000 in the first year following the
establishment of a mental health plan which encouraged early intervention,
access to a full range of care and treatment in the least restrictive setting.
Chevron saw a 21%
decrease in psychiatric hospital admission costs when the company encouraged
utilization outpatient services and reimbursed for the services at the rate of
85%.
Modest mental
health interventions have been shown to reduce general hospital stays by 1.5
days below a control group's average of 8.7 days.
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