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The Costs and Effects of Parity for Mental Health
and Substance Abuse Insurance Benefits
Acknowledgments
Several people made important contributions to this report. Among them are many individuals and organizations
who participated in the case study analysis or referred us to participants. Ed Hustead and Richard Ward at the
HayGroup produced the actuarial cost estimates and answered many questions about the HayGroup's actuarial models.
Thomas Dial provided us with data from the AAHP's annual HMO industry survey. Jeffrey Buck and Catherine Acuff
gave us many helpful comments and suggestions throughout this project. We thank Myles Maxfield for reviewing
this report, Daryl Hall for editing an earlier version of the report, and Sharon Clark for producing the report.
Susan Milstrey Wells edited and produced the final report.
Disclaimer
This report was prepared by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR), for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under contract no. 282-92-0044,
delivery order no. 18, Jeffrey A. Buck, Ph.D., delivery order officer. The content of this publication does not
necessarily reflect the views or policies of SAMHSA, nor does it necessarily reflect the views of any of this
project's expert panel members or policy advisory panel members. The authors are solely responsible for the content
of this publication.
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from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Citation of the source is appreciated.
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