TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Analysis of the association of clubhouse membership with overall costs of care for mental health treatment
JO  - Community mental health journal
A1  - Hwang, Seungyoung
A1  - Woody, Jason
A1  - Eaton, William W.
SP  - 102
EP  - 106
VL  - 53
IS  - 1
N2  - We examined whether frequency of attendance at the B'More Clubhouse was associated with lower mental health care costs in the Medicaid database, and whether members in the B'More Clubhouse (n = 30) would have lower mental health care costs compared with a set of matched controls from the same claims database (n = 150). Participants who attended the Clubhouse 3 days or more per week had mean 1-year mental health care costs of US $5697, compared to $14,765 for those who attended less often. B'More Clubhouse members had significantly lower annual total mental health care costs than the matched comparison group ($10,391 vs. $15,511; p < 0.0001). Membership in the B'More Clubhouse is associated with a substantial beneficial influence on health care costs.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0010-3853
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-016-0041-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -