Parity laws for substance use disorders linked to increase in access to treatment

Chris Engel 10/24/137:28 PM

"Led by Hefei Wen, in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Rollins School of Public Health, the study examined the effect of state-level SUD parity laws that require private health plans to provide coverage for SUD treatment equal to that for comparable medical/surgical treatment. Findings suggest that the implementation of a SUD parity law between 2000 and 2008 increased the state-level treatment rate by nine percent in all specialty SUD treatment facilities and 15 percent in facilities that accept private insurance.

"Complete findings are available in the October 23 online edition of JAMA Psychiatry at:archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1761269"

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