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In the extreme, this can lead to an insurance “death spiral,” where the insurance market ceases to exist altogether, something that has been observed in the real world (Cutler & Reber 1998, Cutler & Zeckhauser, 1998). There are good reasons to believe that adverse selection may be especially acute in the case of MH/SA disorders (Frank & McGuire, 2000; Frank, Glazer, & McGuire, 2000). Consumers with MH/SA disorders have much higher medical costs on average than consumers without MH/SA disorders and are thus unattractive risks from a health plan’s perspective.
2007). Notes: 1. Includes specialty units of general hospitals and all MH and SA expenditures at VA hospitals 2. Includes psychologists and counselors/social workers. 3. Includes Residential Treatment Centers for Children. 4. Includes other facilities for treating substance abuse. 5. Includes general hospital non-specialty units but excludes non-specialty units of VA hospitals new altogether. The new classes of antidepressants first introduced in the late 1990s and the atypical antipsychotic medications introduced in the 1990s were widely perceived to have fewer side effects and greater efficacy than older medications (Berndt, Bhattacharjya, Mishol, Arcelus, & Lasky, 2002).
2005). Prevalence and treatment of mental disorders, 1990 to 2003. New England Journal of Medicine, 352, 2515–2523. Chapter 1: A Public Health Approach to Mental Health Services 11 Levit, K. , Kassed, C. , Coffey, R. , Mark, T. , McKusick, D. , et al. (2008). Projections of National Expenditures for Mental Health Services and Substance Abuse Treatment, 2004–2014. SAMHSA Publication No. SMA 08-4326. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.
