title: Managed behavioral health care provider practice patterns: a new item for the public policy agenda.
abstract: Managed care is a dominating issue on the public policy agenda. Difficulties in defining and operationalizing it continue to have ramifications for the nation. It is often assumed that the care being reimbursed by managed care organizations is for clients whose psychiatric conditions have been appropriately diagnosed and treated. Based on the responses of a randomly-selected group from the major behavioral health care disciplines, not all care reimbursed is for care which has been appropriately diagnosed and treated. The cost implications of managed care and the ramifications for public health policy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Syracuse University, NY 13244-1230, USA. rhkeefe@social.syr.edu
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Keefe
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D001524:Behavioral Medicine / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002568:Certification / Q000592:standards; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005843:Geography; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011570:Psychiatry; D011584:Psychology; D011640:Public Policy; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States