TY - JOUR
T1 - Revised cost estimates of medicaid recipients with serious mental illness and HIV-AIDS
AU - Rothbard, Aileen B.
AU - Miller, Kay
AU - Lee, Sungeun
AU - Blank, Michael
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - Objective: The aim of this brief report is to provide accurate 1996 baseline cost estimates for persons with co-occurring HIV and serious mental illness by revising original figures previously reported by the authors. Methods: Data were examined for 23,729 adults who were enrolled in Medicaid in 1996. A comparison of utilization and cost of services was done for four groups: serious mental illness and HIV-AIDS, serious mental illness only, HIV-AIDS only, and neither condition. Results: In 1996 persons with both illnesses had the highest annual medical and behavioral health treatment expenditures at $20,038 per person, followed by persons with only HIV-AIDS at $14,714. The cost of care for the HIV-AIDS population, regardless of the presence of serious mental illness, averaged $16,253 per person. Conclusions: Although the absolute costs found in this study were much higher than those reported in the authors' previous study, both studies showed that those with co-occurring illnesses had the highest cost.
AB - Objective: The aim of this brief report is to provide accurate 1996 baseline cost estimates for persons with co-occurring HIV and serious mental illness by revising original figures previously reported by the authors. Methods: Data were examined for 23,729 adults who were enrolled in Medicaid in 1996. A comparison of utilization and cost of services was done for four groups: serious mental illness and HIV-AIDS, serious mental illness only, HIV-AIDS only, and neither condition. Results: In 1996 persons with both illnesses had the highest annual medical and behavioral health treatment expenditures at $20,038 per person, followed by persons with only HIV-AIDS at $14,714. The cost of care for the HIV-AIDS population, regardless of the presence of serious mental illness, averaged $16,253 per person. Conclusions: Although the absolute costs found in this study were much higher than those reported in the authors' previous study, both studies showed that those with co-occurring illnesses had the highest cost.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/67650252731
U2 - 10.1176/ps.2009.60.7.974
DO - 10.1176/ps.2009.60.7.974
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C2 - 19564230
AN - SCOPUS:67650252731
SN - 1075-2730
VL - 60
SP - 974
EP - 977
JO - Psychiatric Services
JF - Psychiatric Services
IS - 7
ER -
