CORRELATES AND 6-MONTH OUTCOMES FOR CO-OCCURRING CANNABIS USE IN RURAL AND URBAN AT-RISK DRINKERS
In: Substance use & misuse: an international interdisciplinary forum, Band 36, Heft 6-7, S. 717-733
ISSN: 1532-2491
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In: Substance use & misuse: an international interdisciplinary forum, Band 36, Heft 6-7, S. 717-733
ISSN: 1532-2491
In: Medical care research and review, Band 64, Heft 4, S. 431-448
ISSN: 1552-6801
The objective of this research was to examine whether users of mental health or substance abuse (MH/SA) services incurred greater costs for non-MH/SA services than nonusers of MH/SA services. Two years of health care utilization data were collected on 443 at-risk drinkers from six southern U.S. states. We then examined predictors of using MH/SA services and costs associated with non-MH/SA services. The results showed that use of MH/SA services was associated with female gender, military service, health insurance, and not being employed full-time. Unadjusted analyses indicated that non-MH/SA service costs were significantly higher among MH/SA service users than nonusers. However, this association did not endure in multivariable models. In fact, emergency department costs were significantly lower among MH/SA users. It is commonly assumed that users of MH/SA services are also heavy users of other medical services. Through multivariable models, this study found that overall costs of non-MH/SA services were similar between users and nonusers of MH/SA services.
In: Military behavioral health, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 18-24
ISSN: 2163-5803
In: Psychological services
ISSN: 1939-148X
In: Psychological services, Band 17, Heft 3, S. 247-261
ISSN: 1939-148X