title: The impact of the great recession on community-based mental health organizations: an analysis of top managers' perceptions of the economic downturn's effects and adaptive strategies used to manage the consequences in Ohio.
abstract: The Great Recession of 2007-2009 adversely affected the financial stability of the community-based mental health infrastructure in Ohio. This paper presents survey results of the type of adaptive strategies used by Ohio community-based mental health organizations to manage the consequences of the economic downturn. Results were aggregated into geographical classifications of rural, mid-sized urban, and urban. Across all groups, respondents perceived, to varying degrees, that the Great Recession posed a threat to their organization's survival. Urban organizations were more likely to implement adaptive strategies to expand operations while rural and midsized urban organizations implemented strategies to enhance internal efficiencies.
authors: Ohio Department of Mental Health, Office of Research and Evaluation, 30 East Broad Street, 8th Floor, Columbus, OH, 43215, USA, HelenAnne.Sweeney@mh.ohio.gov.
authors: Helen Anne
authors: HA
authors: Sweeney
authors: Kraig
authors: K
authors: Knudsen
mesh_terms: D003155:Community Mental Health Centers / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D057172:Economic Recession; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D005376:Financial Management / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D009820:Ohio; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration