CHRT Project: Mental Health Parity

Impact of Expansion of Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Benefits on Quality, Patterns, and Costs of Care

Goals

The objectives of the study are to:

• Determine the impacts of mental health parity on U-M employees and their dependents
• Examine the patterns of use and costs of behavioral health specialty, non-specialty, and other medical services.

Investigators

Kyle L. Grazier, PhD
Professor, Health Management and Policy, U-M School of Public Health
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, U-M School of Medicine
Editor, Journal of Healthcare Management

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