title: Developing a utilization review model for community mental health centers.
abstract: During their struggles to develop a utilization review model for a community mental health center, members of an interdisciplinary committee identified several issues they believe are important in establishing such a model. They include comprehensiveness of participation and of areas for review (the review committee should represent all disciplines and programs, and should be concerned with any aspect of center functioning), a problem-review approach in which subcommittees carry out documented studies of issues or problems, and specific provision for feedback and implementation of the results.
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004219:District of Columbia; D005246:Feedback; D008501:Medical Records, Problem-Oriented; D008503:Medical Staff; D006278:Medicare; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014600:Utilization Review