Evaluation questions for Philadelphia's capitation plan for mental health services.
Public policy should be guided by sound data emerging from quality research. A shift in the financing of medical and psychiatric care toward capitation models represents a major change, and the Philadelphia capitation experiment described in the April column is one pioneering effort. The answers to the following evaluation questions about the Philadelphia experiment will help decision makers across the country as they contemplate a policy shift from retrospective to prospective payment.
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D002204:Capitation Fee / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003363:Cost Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005249:Fees and Charges / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States