Patterns of Mental Health Service Utilization and Substance Use Among Adults, 2000 and 2001

Figure 4.3 shows 4 pie charts with the percentages of primary payers in the past year for outpatient mental health treatment locations. The first chart shows that among adults who received their mental health treatment at an outpatient mental health center, 23.7 percent had private insurance payers, 14.3 percent had Medicare, 15.9 had Medicaid, 21.8 percent paid by self or family, 7.3 percent had free treatment, and 17.0 percent had another primary payer. The second chart shows that among adults who received mental health treatment at a doctor's office, 53.8 percent had private insurance, 8.7 had Medicare, 4.7 had Medicaid, 23.7 percent paid by self or family, 1.4 percent had free visits, and 7.7 percent had another primary payer. The third chart shows that among adults who received mental health treatment in a private therapist's office, 39.7 percent had private insurance, 5.7 percent had Medicare, 3.8 percent had Medicaid, 32.8 percent had self or family payers, 3.5 percent had free visits, and 14.5 percent had another primary payer. The fourth chart shows that among all adults who received outpatient mental health treatment, 37.4 had private insurance, 8.6 percent had Medicare, 6.6 percent had Medicaid, 27.6 percent had self or family payers, 5.1 percent had free visits, and 14.7 percent had another primary payer in the past year.

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This page was last updated on June 16, 2008.

SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.