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Uneven Access To Adolescent Residential Addiction Treatment

Uneven Access To Adolescent Residential Addiction Treatment
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Residential addiction treatment for adolescen

<p>Access to residential addiction treatment centers caring for U.S. adolescents under 18 years old in the United States is limited and costly, according to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2023.00777">a new study</a><u> supported by the National Institutes of Health</u>. Researchers found that only about half (54%) of the residential addiction treatment facilities that they contacted had a bed immediately available, and for those that had a waitlist, the average estimated time before a bed opened was 28 days. In addition, the average daily cost per day of treatment was $878, with close to half (48%) of the facilities that provided information requiring partial or full payment upfront. On average, the quoted cost of a month&rsquo;s stay at a residential addiction treatment facility was over $26,000.</p>
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