National Expenditures for Mental Health Services & Substance Abuse Treatment 1993-2003

August 2007 Researchers from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration analyzed health care costs from 1986 to 2003. Some key findings include: National expenditures for the treatment of mental health and substance abuse disorders in the United States equaled $121 billion in 2003, up from $70 billion in 1993. Public sources financed more than half of all spending for mental health treatment and more than two-thirds of substance abuse treatment.   Consumer out-of-pocket spending increased between 1993 and 2003, from 4.3% to 10.1%, mostly due to the costs of prescription drugs.   Mental health . . .