Health Insurance Status of Admissions for Substance Abuse Treatment: 1999, SAMHSA,Office of Applied Studies

Health Insurance Status of Substance Abuse Admissions

The DASIS Report: Health Insurance Status of Admissions for Substance Abuse Treatment, 1999

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In 1999, the majority (64 percent) of substance abuse treatment admissions reported no health insurance. The types of insurance reported by the substance abuse treatment admissions were Medicaid (14 percent), private insurance (13 percent), and other forms of insurance (9 percent).

The highest rate of no health insurance was among Mexican American admissions (81 percent).

Admissions referred by an employer or an Employee Assistance Program reported the highest percentage of private insurance (57 percent).
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This Short Report, The DASIS Report: Health Insurance Status of Admissions for Substance Abuse Treatment, 1999, is based on SAMHSA's Drug and Alcohol Services Information System (DASIS), the primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment. DASIS is conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.

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