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Health Affairs, Vol 19, Issue 4, 108-120
Copyright © 2000 by Project HOPE

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Spending on mental health and substance abuse treatment, 1987-1997

This paper is the result of an ongoing effort to track spending on mental health and substance abuse (MH/SA) treatment nationwide. Spending for MH/SA treatment was $85.3 billion in 1997: $73.4 billion for mental illness and $11.9 billion for substance abuse. MH/SA spending growth averaged 6.8 percent a year between 1987 and 1997, while national health expenditures grew by 8.2 percent.

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