Termination of Social Security Benefits Among Los Angeles Recipients Disabled by Substance Abuse

作者: Katherine E. Watkins , Kenneth B. Wells , A. Thomas McLellan

DOI: 10.1176/PS.50.7.914

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摘要: Objectives: Although a 1996 federal law terminated Social Security disability benefits to individuals disabled primarily by drug addiction and alcoholism, many were expected successfully appeal for recertification based on mental illness. This study examined in Los Angeles County. METHODS: Data 2,001 persons receiving because of substance abuse obtained from the referral monitoring agency, where each person had completed Addiction Severity Index (ASI) during an initial visit past two years. Administrative data Administration. psychiatric symptoms—low, medium, or high—was composite score ASI subscale. Logistic regression analyses relationship between severity status. RESULTS: Fifty-one percent subjects scored medium- high-severity range. Appeals made by...

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