National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist
National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist
National Healthcare Disparities Report - LDI Health Economist
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Effectiveness of Care<br />
Mental <strong>Health</strong> and Substance Abuse<br />
Importance<br />
Chapter 2 Mental <strong>Health</strong> and Substance Abuse<br />
Mortality<br />
Number of deaths due to suicide (2009).............................................................34,598 (Kochanek, et al., 2011)<br />
Rank among causes of death in the United States—suicide (2009)......................10th (Kochanek, et al., 2011)<br />
Alcohol-impaired driving fatalities (2009) ......................................................................10,839 (NHTSA, 2009)<br />
Prevalence<br />
People age 12 and over with alcohol and/or illicit drug dependence or abuse<br />
in the past year (2009)..............................................................................22.5 million (8.9%) (SAMHSA, 2010)<br />
Youths ages 12-17 with a major depressive episode during the past year<br />
(2009)..........................................................................................................2.0 million (8.1%) (SAMHSA, 2010)<br />
Adults age 18 and over with a major depressive episode during the<br />
past year (2009) ........................................................................................14.8 million (6.5%) (SAMHSA, 2010)<br />
Adults with at least one major depressive episode in their lifetime<br />
(2006)......................................................................................................30.4 million (13.9%) (SAMHSA, 2007)<br />
Cost<br />
<strong>National</strong> expenditures for treatment of mental health and substance abuse<br />
disorders (2014 est.)..............................................................................................$239 billion (SAMHSA, 2008)<br />
Cost-effectiveness of screening and brief counseling for problem<br />
drinking..............................................................................................$0-$14,000/QALY (Maciosek, et al., 2006)<br />
Measures<br />
The NHQR and NHDR track measures of the quality of treatment for major depression and substance abuse.<br />
Mental health treatment includes counseling, inpatient care, outpatient care, and prescription medications.<br />
This section highlights four measures of mental health and substance abuse treatment:<br />
n Receipt of treatment for depression.<br />
n Suicide deaths.<br />
n Receipt of treatment for illicit drug use or alcohol problem.<br />
n Completion of substance abuse treatment.<br />
92 <strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011