Health Insurance and Substance Use Treatment Need

The NSDUH Report: Health Insurance and Substance Use Treatment Need

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Highlights:

• 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.

• An 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%).

• About half (51.2%) of the adults needing treatment whose last treatment in the past year was at a specialty substance abuse treatment reported that some type of health insurance (private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, military health care, or other insurance) paid for the services.

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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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