THE INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL, MARITAL, AND FAMILY THERAPY ON HIGH UTILIZERS OF HEALTH CARE

Research has shown that people reduce their use of health care after individual, marital, and family therapy, which is known as the “offset effect.” However, little research has been done to learn if high utilizers of health care reduce health care usage after therapy. Medical records of research pa...

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Published in:Journal of marital and family therapy 2003-07, Vol.29 (3), p.353-363
Main Authors: Law, David D., Crane, D. Russell, Berge, Jerica M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anxiety Disorders
Depression (Psychology)
Emotional Problems
Families & family life
Family counseling
Family therapy
Family Therapy - statistics & numerical data
Female
Health Behavior
Health care
Health Care Costs
Health Insurance
Health maintenance organizations
Health Services
Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Health Services - utilization
HMOs
Humans
Literature Reviews
Male
Marital Therapy - statistics & numerical data
Marriage
Marriage counseling
Medical records
Medical research
Medical Services
Mental Health
Meta Analysis
Modeling (Psychology)
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Patients
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy - statistics & numerical data
Researchers
Resistance (Psychology)
Social Problems
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Summary:Research has shown that people reduce their use of health care after individual, marital, and family therapy, which is known as the “offset effect.” However, little research has been done to learn if high utilizers of health care reduce health care usage after therapy. Medical records of research participants (n = 65) from a health maintenance organization (HMO) were randomly selected and examined for 6 months before, during, and after therapy. Persons who received individual, marital, or family therapy all reduced their health care use after therapy, with the largest reductions coming from those participants who had some form of conjoint therapy.
ISSN:0194-472X
1752-0606
DOI:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2003.tb01212.x