The impact of managed care on children's outpatient treatment: a comparison study of treatment outcome before and after managed care.
This study examined treatment outcome pre- and post-managed care in 3 samples of patients (N = 885; ages 5 to 18 years) at an urban-based children's psychiatric outpatient clinic. Although the post-managed care groups were seen for fewer sessions than the pre-managed care group, there was no difference between the pre- and post-managed care groups in clinical outcome.
Armbruster
Paula
P
Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-7900, USA.
Sukhodolsky
Denis
D
Michalsen
Ravenna
R
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010045:Outpatients; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome