title: Psychiatric home care--reflecting on the past, evaluating the present, envisioning the future.
abstract: Psychiatric home care is gaining recognition and acceptance in the home care industry, but there is still a long way to go before it becomes a service that both providers and payors no longer question. A retrospective look will help determine how smooth the journey into the future will be.
authors.affiliation: Behavioral Health for Staff Builders Home Health and Hospice, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Carson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000266:history; D006278:Medicare / Q000266:history; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000266:history; D014481:United States