title: Strategies for cutback management in community mental health centers.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate administrative strategies which community mental health center directors were utilizing to confront declining financial resources. Thirty-two out of a total of 41 area directors in North Carolina who met certain criteria were the subjects, and their responses to a thirty item questionnaire were analyzed. Four strategies were both utilized and perceived as being effective: (1) increased efficiency of services; (2) increased efforts to obtain fees for service; (3) more economical modes of treatment; and (4) service reduction, but this strategy was recommended only as a last resort if all other strategies fail.
mesh_terms: D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000639:trends*; D009657:North Carolina; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires