Strangers in the night: research and managed mental health care

Like other major changes in mental health policy and services, managed mental health care began and grew up with little or no empirical base, although some progress has been made. Research findings on such factors as access, utilization patterns and costs have helped policymakers, consultants and pu...

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Published in:Health affairs (Millwood, Va.) Va.), 1999-09, Vol.18 (5), p.48-51
Main Author: Feldman, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliographic literature
Collaboration
Communications
Community Mental Health Services - trends
Consultants
Forecasting
Health care
Health care expenditures
Health care policy
Health facilities
Health policy
Health Policy - trends
Health research
Health sciences
Health services
Health Services Needs and Demand - trends
Health Services Research - trends
Humans
Managed care
Managed Care Programs - trends
Medicine
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental health services
Mental Health Services - trends
Patients
Policy making
Quality
Researchers
Social research
United States
Value
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Summary:Like other major changes in mental health policy and services, managed mental health care began and grew up with little or no empirical base, although some progress has been made. Research findings on such factors as access, utilization patterns and costs have helped policymakers, consultants and purchasers to better understand the effects of managed mental health care. However, if change is to take place and more progress is to be made, managed mental health organizations, researchers and funders will need to develop a greater interest in each other and a better way to communicate.
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.18.5.48