Health Affairs

This Article Reprint (PDF) Submit a response to this article Alert me when this article is cited Alert me when Comments are posted Alert me if a correction is posted Services E-mail this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in Web of Science Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to My Personal Archive Download to Citation Manager Reprints & Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via Web of Science (34) Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Rosenheck, R. A. Articles by Sledge, W. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Rosenheck, R. A. Articles by Sledge, W. Related Collections Insurance - Employer-Based System Business Of Health Mental Health/Substance Abuse

Health Affairs, Vol 18, Issue 5, 193-203
Copyright © 1999 by Project HOPE

DataWatch

Effect of declining mental health service use on employees of a large corporation

R A Rosenheck, B Druss, M Stolar, D Leslie, and W Sledge

This study examines concurrent changes in use of mental and general health services and in annual sick days among 20,814 employees of a large corporation. From 1993 to 1995 mental health service use and costs declined by more than one-third, more than three times as much as the decline in non-mental health service use. However, employees who used mental health services showed a 37 percent increase in use of non-mental health services and significantly increased sick days, whereas other employees showed no such increases. Savings in mental health services were fully offset by increased use of other services and lost workdays.

                      What's this?