The professional affiliation group: a new model for managed mental health care
| Autor: | Pomerantz Jm, Carter Ah, Perlman Ms, Benjamin Liptzin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Gerontology
Quality Assurance Health Care Substance-Related Disorders Interprofessional Relations Control (management) Indemnity Nursing Cost Savings Per capita Medicine Humans health care economics and organizations Reimbursement Psychiatry business.industry Mental Disorders food and beverages Group model Mental health Independent Practice Associations Psychiatry and Mental health Massachusetts Models Organizational Mental health care Professional association business |
| Zdroj: | Hospitalcommunity psychiatry. 45(4) |
| ISSN: | 0022-1597 |
| Popis: | The model described above indicates that local mental health professionals can join together to design a system that can control costs and improve accessibility, continuity, and, ultimately, quality of care. Although the system is more expensive than one that severely limits care and restricts accessibility to psychiatrists, it appears to be highly valued by patients who have used its services, by primary care physicians who have made referrals, and by the mental health professionals who have come together in a collegial, clinically driven approach to sensible management of patients while controlling costs. Even though the situation that led to the development of the program was unique, we believe that the professional affiliation group model can be adapted to other communities and other delivery systems. A network of professional affiliation groups can calculate and contract for per capita reimbursement with HMOs or indemnity insurers. A small interdisciplinary group needs to take the lead in organizing ... |
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