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Medicaid Substance Abuse Treatment Spending: Findings Report

Publication Date

Medical expenditures to treat a SA disorder were $3.4 billion in calendar year (CY) 2008, received by 1.1 million persons averaging $3,000 per service user per year. This spending amounted to slightly less than 1.0% of the total $334 billion spent on Medicaid, and provided care to about 1.9% of the 61
million persons covered by Medicaid. [131 PDF pages]

Files
MSAspend.pdf (pdf, 3.63 MB)
Topics
Substance Use & Substance Use Disorders (SUD) | Human Services Financing & Expenditures | Behavioral Health | Behavioral Health
Program
Medicaid