Examination of the Effects of Financial Risk on the Formal Treatment Costs for a Medicaid Population with Psychiatric Disabilities

Objectives: We examined the effects of differing financial risk arrangements for mental health, physical health, and pharmacy services on the overall costs of these services with particular attention to cost containment and cost shifting. Methods: Comprehensive service utilization information was ob...

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Published in:Medical care 2006-04, Vol.44 (4), p.320-327
Main Authors: Jones, Kristine, Chen, Huey Jen, Jordan, Neil, Boothroyd, Roger A., Ramoni-Perazzi, Josefa, Shern, David L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Cost analysis
Cost efficiency
Cost estimates
Cost-Benefit Analysis - statistics & numerical data
Fee-for-Service Plans - economics
Fee-for-Service Plans - utilization
Female
Financial risk
Health care costs
Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data
Health care expenditures
Health maintenance organizations
Humans
Male
Managed Care Programs - economics
Managed Care Programs - utilization
Medicaid
Medicaid - economics
Medicaid - utilization
Medications
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - drug therapy
Mental Disorders - economics
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental health
Mental Health Services - economics
Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Pharmacies
Physical health
Psychotropic Drugs - economics
Psychotropic Drugs - therapeutic use
Public health
Risk Sharing, Financial - statistics & numerical data
United States - epidemiology
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