Co-Payments Higher for Treatment Patients
Sunday August 3, 2003
A survey of 434 managed care plans in 60 market areas found that patients receiving substance abuse and mental health services often had to make a higher copayment or pay Read More...
Integrating Medical-Drug Treatment Cost Effective
Sunday August 3, 2003
Integrating substance abuse treatment with primary care may be cost-beneficial and provide a better quality of care for substance abuse patients with medically related problems, researchers have found.
Researchers examining the Read More...
Drugs of Abuse May Cause Similar Brain Changes
Sunday August 3, 2003
Certain drugs of addiction and stress appear to produce similar changes on dopamine signaling, which may play a role in addiction. This also may contribute to the effects of stress Read More...