ABSTRACT
Goals: Although high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) minimize health care spending, greater deductibles might lead to forgonecare Our objective was to identify the results of HDHPs on the use of and spending on substance use disorder (SUD) services.
Research Study Style: We used distinction-in- distinctions designs to compare service use and spending for treating SUD amongst enrollees who were recently used an HDHP relative to enrollees used just conventional plan options throughout the research study duration.
Approaches: We used deidentified industrial claims information from OptumLabs (2007-2017) to determine a sample of 28,717,236 person-years (2.2% with a detected SUD). The primary independent procedure was an indication for being used an HDHP. The primary reliant steps were the likelihood of (and spending associated with) utilizing SUD services and particular treatment types.
Outcomes: Enrollees were 6.6% ( P