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Analysis of the Association of Clubhouse Membership with Overall Costs of Care for Mental Health Treatment

Community Mental Health Journal volume 53, pages 102–106 (2017)Cite this article

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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.

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  1. Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA

    Seungyoung Hwang & William W. Eaton

  2. B’More Clubhouse, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 21202, USA

    Jason Woody

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Hwang, S., Woody, J. & Eaton, W.W. Analysis of the Association of Clubhouse Membership with Overall Costs of Care for Mental Health Treatment. Community Ment Health J 53, 102–106 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-016-0041-3

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Keywords

  • Clubhouse
  • Mental health
  • Cost
  • Medicaid