Mental health benefits in New Jersey State and local government
By: ROBERTS, Gary E
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ArticlePublisher: 2002Public Personnel Management 31, 2, p. 211-224Abstract: Adequate mental health coverage is a key element of a comprehensive employee benfits package. The absence of adequate mental health coverage imposes significant cost on employees, their families, and our society as whole and is a larger public health and safety issues. The focus of this study is toanalyze mental health policies and coverage levels for New Jersey State government employees and a sample of New Jersey local government; The results indicated and absence of parity between physical and mental health coverage for New Jersey state and local governemtn employees. The most significant inequities include differential limits concerning the number of inpatient days and outpatient visits as well as patient contributions in terms of copay, coinsrance, and deductible provisions. A comprehensive mental health managemtn model is proposed for adoption by state and local governments
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Adequate mental health coverage is a key element of a comprehensive employee benfits package. The absence of adequate mental health coverage imposes significant cost on employees, their families, and our society as whole and is a larger public health and safety issues. The focus of this study is toanalyze mental health policies and coverage levels for New Jersey State government employees and a sample of New Jersey local government; The results indicated and absence of parity between physical and mental health coverage for New Jersey state and local governemtn employees. The most significant inequities include differential limits concerning the number of inpatient days and outpatient visits as well as patient contributions in terms of copay, coinsrance, and deductible provisions. A comprehensive mental health managemtn model is proposed for adoption by state and local governments
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