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Behavioral health insurance parity for federal employeesHoward H Goldman
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21227, USA
N Engl J Med 354:1378-86. 2006..The plans were encouraged to manage care...- Caring for children with mental disorders: do state parity laws increase access to treatment?Colleen L Barry
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
J Ment Health Policy Econ 11:57-66. 2008..Yet, among children diagnosed with serious mental health problems, a majority receive no treatment. Improving access to mental health services for children with behavioral and emotional disorders constitutes an important policy concern... 
Equity in private insurance coverage for substance abuse: a perspective on parityColleen L Barry
Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:w706-16. 2007..We conclude that the justification for SA parity is as compelling as it is for mental health parity...
Who chooses a consumer-directed health plan?Colleen L Barry
Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:1671-9. 2008....- Assessing new patient access to mental health providers in HMO networksColleen L Barry
Division of Health Policy and Administration, Yale University School of Medicine, 60 College St, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:1413-8. 2008..This study examined access to mental health providers in health maintenance organization (HMO) networks... - Obesity metaphors: how beliefs about the causes of obesity affect support for public policyColleen L Barry
Yale University School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Milbank Q 87:7-47. 2009..This article identifies a unique role of metaphor-based beliefs, as distinct from conventional political attitudes, in explaining support for obesity policies... - The political evolution of mental health parityColleen L Barry
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, 60 College St, New Haven, 06520 CT, USA
Harv Rev Psychiatry 14:185-94. 2006..The role of personal experience with mental illness among lawmakers and others in framing the parity debate is also considered... - The costs of mental health parity: still an impediment?Colleen L Barry
Division of Health Policy and Administration, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:623-34. 2006..We review both eras of research on mental health insurance and conclude that comprehensive parity implemented in the context of managed care would have little impact on total spending... - News coverage of FDA warnings on pediatric antidepressant use and suicidalityColleen L Barry
School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
Pediatrics 125:88-95. 2010..Our objective was to evaluate the quality and content of and overall impression conveyed in news coverage of this issue... - Commentary: an economic perspective on implementing evidence-based depression careColleen L Barry
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, 60 College Street, CT, New Haven 06520, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 33:21-5. 2006..This commentary highlights certain elements that appear critical to successfully re-align system incentives to support evidence-based depression care based in part on the experiences of these four sites... - Economic grand rounds: improving the quality of depression care in MedicaidColleen L Barry
department of epidemiology and public health of Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:1193-5. 2005 - Do state parity laws reduce the financial burden on families of children with mental health care needs?Colleen L Barry
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, Division of Health Policy and Administration, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Health Serv Res 42:1061-84. 2007..To study the financial impact of state parity laws on families of children in need of mental health services... - Mental health and substance abuse insurance parity for federal employees: how did health plans respond?Colleen L Barry
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Administration, Yale University School of Medicine, USA
J Policy Anal Manage 27:155-70. 2008..This finding helps to explain the absence of an effect of the FEHB Program directive on total spending, and is relevant to the policy debate in Congress over federal parity... - Antidepressants and suicide risk: how did specific information in FDA safety warnings affect treatment patterns?Susan H Busch
Yale School of Public Health, P O Box 208034, Suite 300, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
Psychiatr Serv 61:11-6. 2010..Although researchers have documented a decline in antidepressant use among children over this period, less is known about whether specific safety information conveyed in individual warnings was reflected in treatment patterns... - Pediatric antidepressant use after the black-box warningSusan H Busch
Department of Health Policy at Yale Medical School in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:724-33. 2009..We conclude that risk communication strategies need to be refined, to ensure intended results... - New evidence on the effects of state mental health mandatesSusan H Busch
Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Inquiry 45:308-22. 2008..We find that individuals in smaller firms are more likely to use services post-parity implementation and that this effect is concentrated among low-income individuals... - Does private insurance adequately protect families of children with mental health disorders?Susan H Busch
Division of Health Policy and Administration, Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8034, USA
Pediatrics 124:S399-406. 2009..Our objective was to determine if families of privately insured children who need mental health care face different burdens than other families in caring for their children... - Characterizing declines in pediatric antidepressant use after new risk disclosuresSusan H Busch
Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Med Care Res Rev 68:96-111. 2011..The authors' findings highlight the need for additional data to assess the effects of risk disclosures on treatment patterns and health outcomes... - Mental health disorders in childhood: assessing the burden on familiesSusan H Busch
Health Policy, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 26:1088-95. 2007..Equalizing private insurance coverage and providing cash support could play a vital role in easing the economic toll of care for children with mental health disorders... - Effects of a cost-sharing exemption on use of preventive services at one large employerSusan H Busch
Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:1529-36. 2006..This evidence suggests that differential cost sharing can be used to preserve the use of critical health care services... - Bereavement services for family caregivers: how often used, why, and why notEmily J Cherlin
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
J Palliat Med 10:148-58. 2007..We examined family caregiver reports about how often they used bereavement services, predictors of their use, and reported reasons for not using bereavement services... - Impact of full mental health and substance abuse parity for children in the Federal Employees Health Benefits ProgramSusan T Azrin
Westat, 1650 Research Blvd, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Pediatrics 119:e452-9. 2007..This study examined the effects of full mental health and substance abuse parity for children... - Realigning clinical and economic incentives to support depression management within a medicaid population: the Colorado access experienceMarshall R Thomas
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, CO 80220, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 33:26-33. 2006..This strategy allowed Colorado Access to cost effectively care manage a targeted group of high-cost Medicaid recipients across multiple primary care physician (PCP) practices without requiring changes in provider workflow... - Design of mental health benefits: still unequal after all these yearsColleen L Barry
Department of Health Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 22:127-37. 2003..We attempt to synthesize these data with prior research as a foundation for informed debates... - Health plans respond to parity: managing behavioral health care in the Federal Employees Health Benefits ProgramM Susan Ridgely
RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90407 2138, USA
Milbank Q 84:201-18. 2006..Carriers dropped cost-restraining benefit limits. A smaller percentage also changed the management of the benefit, but these changes affected the care of many enrollees, making the overall parity effect noteworthy... - Economic grand rounds: economics and the Surgeon General's Report on Mental HealthColleen L Barry
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:409-11. 2002
Research Grants
- Expanding Treatment of Opioid Dependence Among the Privately InsuredCOLLEEN BARRY; Fiscal Year: 2009....