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The results showed a drastic increase in outpatient claims and a significant reduction in hospital related charges.
Hospital related charges were reduced by $1.5 million with 31 percent being related to substance abuse charges, and patients that received residential treatment had 50 percent less criminal justice related encounters after discharge.
“This significant reduction in hospital costs and jail contact tells us treatment works, and it places less burden on community systems of care,” said Executive Director Helen Jones-Kelley.
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The six areas used in the analysis were:
- Community hospital encounters
- Hospital charges
- Hospital substance abuse encounters
- Substance abuse related charges in a hospital setting
- Outpatient mental health and addiction treatment claims
- Criminal justice encounters
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