| Literature DB >> 27269017 |
Timothy B Creedon1, Benjamin Lê Cook2.
Abstract
We assessed whether early implementation of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion and state health insurance exchanges increased access to mental health and substance use treatment among those in need and whether these changes differed by racial/ethnic group. We found that mental health treatment rates increased significantly but found no evidence of a reduction in the wide racial/ethnic disparities in mental health treatment that preceded ACA expansion from 2005 to 2013. Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.Keywords: Disparities; Health Reform; Insurance Coverage < Insurance; Mental Health/Substance Abuse
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27269017 PMCID: PMC7033262 DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0098
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Health Aff (Millwood) ISSN: 0278-2715 Impact factor: 6.301