Effects of the Vermont Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Law

Table C.3: Determinants of the Level of Mental Health Service Use: Kaiser/CHP, 1996-1999

  Log of Number of Outpatient Mental Health Visits per User Log of Number of Inpatient/Partial Mental Health Days per Usera
Intercept 0.582***
(0.022)
1.635***
(0.220)
Age (40 and over omitted)    
   18 and under 0.098***
(0.017)
-0.154
(0.160)
   19 to 29 0.040**
(0.020)
0.095
(0.179)
   30 to 39 -0.004
(0.014)
-0.101
(0.148)
Gender (Female omitted) -0.005
(0.012)
0.189
(0.116)
Subscriber Status (Dependent omitted) 0.017
(0.013)
-0.037
(0.129)
County (Chittenden omitted)    
   Addison 0.227***
(0.025)
-0.235
(0.216)
   Bennington -0.007
(0.020)
0.058
(0.196)
   Caledonia/Essex/Orleans 0.419***
(0.056)
0.382
(0.723)
   Franklin/Grand Isle -0.022
(0.021)
0.011
(0.207)
   Lamoille 0.212***
(0.031)
-0.398
(0.275)
   Orange 0.142***
(0.053)
0.843
(0.527)
   Rutland 0.040*
(0.021)
0.481*
(0.252)
   Washington 0.109***
(0.028)
-0.303
(0.232)
   Windham/Windsor 0.133***
(0.015)
0.121
(0.149)
Diagnosis    
   Major Depression/Bipolar Disorder/Schizophrenia 0349***
(0.015)
0.384***
(0.130)
   Mild/Moderate Depression 0.282***
(0.014)
0.156
(0.113)
   Adjustment Reaction 0.232***
(0.013)
-0.089
(0.110)
   Dual Diagnosis (MH/SA) -0.083***
(0.032)
0.196
(0.141)
Quarter -0.006***
(0.002)
-0.041*
(0.024)
Parity (1 = yes) 0.140***
(0.021)
0.134
(0.192)
R-Square 0.067 0.100
F 63.9*** 1.92***
N 17,954 365
Dependent Variable Mean 0.948 1.730
Sources: Original analysis of Kaiser/CHP claims/encounter data by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
   
a The dependent variable reflects an inpatient-day equivalence, where two days of "partial" treatment are counted as one day of inpatient treatment
   
* Significantly different from zero at the .10 level, two-tailed test.
** Significantly different from zero at the .10 level, two-tailed test.
*** Significantly different from zero at the .10 level, two-tailed test.
   
S.E. = Standard error.

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