Collaboration and Integration of Community-Based Health and Human Services in a Nonprofit Managed Care System

This article reports the results of research on a single, urban system of health and human services delivery for clients with serious mental illness. The primary focus was to examine how collaboration and services integration among the more than 40 mostly nonprofit provider agencies were affected by...

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Published in:Health care management review 2002, Vol.27 (1), p.21-32
Main Authors: Provan, Keith G., Milward, H. Brinton, Isett, Kimberley Roussin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Arizona
Capitation
Collaboration
Community Mental Health Services - organization & administration
Cooperation
Cooperative Behavior
Cost control
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated - organization & administration
Drug abuse
Government Agencies
Health care delivery
Health services
Health Services Research
Humans
Indigent care
Integrated delivery systems
Managed care
Managed Care Programs - organization & administration
Medicaid
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Models, Organizational
Nonprofit hospitals
Nonprofit organizations
Organizational Case Studies
Organizations, Nonprofit
Public Health Administration
Statistical analysis
Studies
Urban areas
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Summary:This article reports the results of research on a single, urban system of health and human services delivery for clients with serious mental illness. The primary focus was to examine how collaboration and services integration among the more than 40 mostly nonprofit provider agencies were affected by the introduction of managed care. A critical factor in explaining the results was the role of the behavioral health authority in implementing and managing the system.
ISSN:0361-6274
1550-5030
DOI:10.1097/00004010-200201000-00003