title: Integration of behavioral medicine into general practice = better outcomes, lower costs.
abstract: Health care organizations save by looking beyond the basics of prescribing pills and taking to the operating table. Experts in behavioral medicine have developed six pathways to identify high-cost patients who may benefit from relaxation techniques and psychiatric counseling more than they can from biomedical care. Learn how to cut costs with formal behavioral medicine programs that are being instituted around the country.
mesh_terms: D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D019091:Critical Pathways; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D005194:Family Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009513:New Hampshire; D009518:New York; D011603:Psychophysiology; D012944:Social Support