基本説明
Discussions include such areas as the evolution of health care from essential social good to a commodity, cost of and access to care, parity of behavioral health services reimbursement, education of helth care professionals, care management, and ethics.
Full Description
This book provides a broad analysis of the policy, programmatic, and research issues surrounding managed care services delivery systems that provide the majority of health and behavioral health care services in the United States. By including an interdisciplinary group of authors and addressing multiple fields of practice including health care, gerontology, child welfare, substance abuse, and mental health, the editors provide a broad overview of "macro" managed care issues.
Contents
Foreword
Contributors
Introduction: Managed Health and Behavioral Health Care Services Delivery: A Complex, Interrelated System of Policies, Programs, and Research
Part One: The Context of Human Service Practice in Managed Care Environments
1: Judith Shindul-Rothschild: The Macroeconomic Impact of Managed Care
2: Elizabeth Pearson Philp and Barbara Berkman: Biotechnology and Managed Care: Effects on Health Care Cost, Clinical Practice, and Education of Health Care Professionals
3: King Davis: The Intersection of Free-for-Service, Managed Health Care, and Cultural Competence: Implications for National Health Care Policy and Services to People of Color
4: Frederic G. Reamer: Ethics and Managed Care Policy
5: Susan Saunders: System Care Management: Purpose, Structure, and Function
Part Two: Managed Care: Services Delivery Domains for Special Needs and At-Risk Populations
6: Vivian H. Jackson, Charlotte McCullough, and Jan McCarthy: Managed Care and Child Welfare Practitioner Training Needs
7: Scott Miyake Geron: Managed Care and Care Management for Older Adults
8: Roberta R. Greene and W. Patrick Sullivan: Managed Care and the Ecological Perspective: Meeting the Needs of Older Adults in the Twenty-First Century
9: Susan B. Stern: Outcomes Research for Children and Adolescents: Implications for Children's Mental Health and Managed Care
10: Susan M. Chandler: Facilitating the Enrollment of Elderly and Disabled Persons into Medicaid Managed Care
11: Wes Shera: Managed Care and the Severely Mentally Ill: Current Issues and Future Challenges
12: Wilma Peebles-Wilkins and Nancy W. Veeder: Research Needs in the Managed Care of Substance-Abusing Patients
Conclusion: Managing the Change in Health and Behavioral Health Care
Managed Care Glossary
Index
