Medicare and mental health : the fundamentals NHPF background paper Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (U.S.) Insurance Coverage Medicare -- economics Mental Disorders -- economics Mental Health -- statistics & numerical data This background paper provides a review of mental health coverage in the Medicare program. It examines the prevalence of mental disorders among Medicare beneficiaries, treatment available through Medicare, and the cost of such treatment. A brief summary of relevant policy issues is provided, including Medicare's outpatient mental health limitation and the potential effect of the prescription drug benefit on the provision of mental health services. Washington, D.C. : George Washington University, [2006] Loftis, Christopher W. Salinsky, Eileen. George Washington University. National Health Policy Forum. Technical Report Text Illustrations 29 leaves nlm:nlmuid-101317374-pdf 101317374 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101317374 English United States The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0