Research in the Economics of Mental Health: 6th Biennial Research Conference on the Economics of Mental Health - Papers / Edition 1

by Richard M. Scheffler, L.F. Rossiter, Michael Grossman, Björn Lindgren

Overview

Part of a series which focuses on health economics and health services research, this volume discusses topics including cost-benefit evaluations in mental health and the demand for health care for the treatment of mental problems among the elderly.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781559386128
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	01/17/1992
Series:	Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research , #14
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.02(d)

Table of Contents

Cost-benefit evaluations in mental health - implications for financing policy, Richard G. Frank; the demand for health care for the treatment of mental problems among the elderly, Marc P. Frieman et al; the economic burden of affective disorders, Dorothy P. Rice and Leonard S. Miller; contracting for community-based public mental health services, Thomas G. McGuire and Michael H. Riordan; the effect of managed mental health care in use of outpatient mental health services in an employed population, Kyle L. Grazier et al; PPS and Tefra effects on charges for treatment of depression, Lois M. Davis et al; financial risk and behavioural implications of prospective payment for psychiatric services, W. White and Maqbool Dada; equity, public policy and outpatient specialty mental health services, Elizabeth Savoca; the RBRVS for psychiatry, Robert A. Dorwart et al; the anatomy of cost estimates - the "other" outcome, N. Wolff and T.W. Helminiak; state government choice of organizational structure for local mental health systems - an exploratory analysis, R. Frank and M. Gaynor; cost containment in mental health care - the role of utilization review, B. Dickey and H. Azeni; state mandates, self insurance and employer demand for substance abuse and mental health insurance coverage, M. Morrisey and G. Jensen; insurance coverage, reimbursement policy and hospital care for the seriously mentally ill, J. Rubin and V. Wilcox-Gok.