num_pages: 84
description: Provides State alcohol &amp; other drug agencies with background information &amp; advice in using actuarial studies to predict the costs of contracting with managed-care organizations to provide publicly funded chemical dependency treatment services. The report, using the experiences of Washington State in conducting actuarial estimates, describes actuarial studies, including the data &amp; calculations used to obtain actuarial estimates &amp; how &amp; when assumptions are employed. Appendixes describe the benefit package that Washington State desired &amp; the final report of the actuary.
language: English
title: Forecasting the Cost of Chemical Dependency Treatment Under Managed Care: The Washington State Study
titlecomplete: Forecasting the Cost of Chemical Dependency Treatment Under Managed Care: The Washington State Study
publisher: Diane Pub Co