Association of Cost Sharing With Mental Health Care Use, Involuntary Commitment, and Acute Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A higher out-of-pocket price for mental health care may lead not only to cost savings but also to negative downstream consequences.

Objective

To examine the association of higher patient cost sharing with mental health care use and downstream effects, such as involuntary commitment and acute mental health care use.

Design, setting, and participants

This difference-in-differences study compared changes in mental health care use by adults, who experienced an increase in cost sharing, with changes in youths, who did not experience the increase and thus formed a control group. The study examined all 2 780 558 treatment records opened from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2012, by 110 organizations that provide specialist mental health care in the Netherlan

SUBMITTER: Ravesteijn B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710235 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature