Background Innovative approaches to the provision of psychiatric care must justify their ability to improve the quality of life within the resource constraints imposed on psychiatry. Aims To examine the average costs ...
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Background Innovative approaches to the provision of psychiatric care must justify their ability to improve the quality of life within the resource constraints imposed on psychiatry. Aims To examine the average costs per patient of the experimental and control group services. Method An individual patient costing methodology that identified, measured and valued all public and private resources. Results The experimental group was more likely to remain in contact with services over a 12-month period, had fewer acute readmissions and spent less time in acute in-patient units. There were significantly different levels and patterns of resource consumption between the groups and between the two separate catchment areas. Conclusion The cost analysis should be assessed in the context of the previous outcome analysis. It is likely but not;inevitable, that such units will increase the overall costs of care provision;this largely depends on the effectiveness with which such units are integrated into existing care provision. Declaration of interest Support received from the North Staffordshire Health Authority and the Combined Health Care North Staffordshire NHS Trust.
This paper estimates the price effects of provider-specific reputations measured as the percent of each provider's clients who are referred by 'informed community sources', such as other health professiona...
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This paper estimates the price effects of provider-specific reputations measured as the percent of each provider's clients who are referred by 'informed community sources', such as other health professionals, school counselors, businesses, clergy, and attorneys. Using data on the prices of outpatient psychotherapy visits to private-practice social workers in Massachusetts, the results suggest that social workers with established reputations for high-quality care charge higher prices. In addition, the results suggest that intra- and inter-professional competition can constrain the pricing decisions of psychotherapists, and that increasing consumer information increases the effectiveness of this competition.
We suggest that a desirable form for prospective payment for inpatient care is hospital average cost plus a linear combination of individual patient and national average cost. When the coefficients are chosen to minim...
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We suggest that a desirable form for prospective payment for inpatient care is hospital average cost plus a linear combination of individual patient and national average cost. When the coefficients are chosen to minimize mean squared error loss between payment and costs, the payment has efficiency and access incentives. The coefficient multiplying patient costs is a hospital specific measure of financial risk of the patient. Access is promoted since providers receive higher reimbursements for risky, high cost patients. Historical cost data can be used to obtain estimates of payment parameters. The method is applied to Medicare data on psychiatric inpatients.
The authors present specific procedures for obtaining cost per closed case and a case outcome rating for each closed case, computer generated, yielding a cost-outcome report for single cases and aggregated cases. The ...
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The authors present specific procedures for obtaining cost per closed case and a case outcome rating for each closed case, computer generated, yielding a cost-outcome report for single cases and aggregated cases. The procedures are illustrated with field data from an alcohol and drug addiction service. Cost per closed case is seen as the new unit cost datum. Combined with case outcome information, the cost-outcome report is seen as a promising new measure of efficiency. The potential of the cost-outcome report as a new basis for professional self-development, increased treatment effectiveness, and program evaluation is discussed.
The question of third-party vendor status for clinical social workers raises important issues about equal client access to mental health services and about the continued viability of the clinical social work professio...
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The question of third-party vendor status for clinical social workers raises important issues about equal client access to mental health services and about the continued viability of the clinical social work profession. Answers to the problem lie in clinical social work education and licensing of practice.
This article presents a model of the number of hours of mental health care, the concurrent improvement in the patient's condition, the probability the patient will receive medications, and the reasons for treatmen...
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This article presents a model of the number of hours of mental health care, the concurrent improvement in the patient's condition, the probability the patient will receive medications, and the reasons for treatment termination. The variables related to these aspects of mental health care are analyzed separately for patients of psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers. Estimates of the average length of treatment, the average price and income elasticities, and the average cost of treatment are obtained from the model. The major conclusions from this study are that psychiatrists do not have a benefit-cost advantage in the treatment of relatively mild conditions, and that consumer responsiveness to variations in price appear to be largely confined to the decision to seek treatment. These and other findings provide a basis for making tentative recommendations about personnel substitution and reimbursement policies in mental health.
Examines the monopolistic competition model for its adequacy as a predictive tool for determining factors that influence fee setting among private practice social workers. Indication of responsiveness of price of psyc...
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Examines the monopolistic competition model for its adequacy as a predictive tool for determining factors that influence fee setting among private practice social workers. Indication of responsiveness of price of psychotherapy in the social worker's primary practice setting to demand; Discussion of reimbursement policy implications.
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