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National Expenditures for Mental Health Services and Substance Abuse Treatment 1991 - 2001
An estimated 28 to 30 percent of the adult U.S. population will suffer from a mental or substance use disorder during the course of a year.Total national expenditures for the treatment of mental health and substance abuse (MHSA) disorders were $104 billion in 2001, up from $60 billion in 1991, an average annual growth of 5.6 percent. This compared with all health care spending annual growth of 6.5 percent. As a result, MHSA spending was down to 7.6 percent of the $1,373 billion spent on all health services in 2001, compared with 8.2 percent in 1991. To download a copy of the full report, see the link below.
http://www.samhsa.gov/spendingestimates/toc.aspx
Publication Year: 2005
Publisher Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 1 Choke Cherry Road Rockville, md 20857 Phone: 301-443-8956 Website: http://www.samhsa.govEmail: info@samhsa.gov
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Boston University School of Public Health 
