The
NSDUH Report: Health Insurance and Substance Use Treatment Need
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Highlights:
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Health
insurance and the need for and receipt of substance abuse treatment
among adults aged 18 or older was examined using annual averages based
on combined 2004 and 2005 SAMHSA National Surveys on Drug Use and
Health. Types of health insurance included Medicare, Medicaid/CHIP,
military health care, and private insurance. Adults who met the criteria
for either substance abuse or dependence or who had received substance
abuse treatment at a specialty substance abuse treatment facility
in the past year were defined as in need of treatment.
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annual average of 85.4% adults had some type of health insurance in
the past year and 70.5% had private health insurance.
- Adults
needing substance abuse treatment in the past year were less likely
to have some type of health insurance coverage in the past year than
adults not needing treatment (74.4% vs. 86.6%).
This Short
Report, The NSDUH Report: Health
Insurance and Substance Use Treatment Need, is based on SAMHSA's
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS)
in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the primary source
of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and
alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized
population, age 12 and older. SAMHSA's
National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug
use by State.
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