Obiective; There is little current tunderstanding of how managed care strategies affect
hospital inpatient psychiatric care for mentally ill patienis. This study exarnined one …

It is estimated that 50% of all practicing psychiatrists have at least one contract with a
managed care organization (AMA, 1994). As the field of psychiatry increasingly adopts the …

Objectives. The use of utilization management as a cost-containment strategy has led to
debate and controversy within the field of mental health. Little is currently known about how …

A study was conducted to determine the frequency with which hospitalized psychiatric and
substance abuse patients actually required treatment on an inpatient basis. A total of 539 …

Data from 9,055 adult intakes performed over two and a half years of a managed mental
health care demonstration project in a large US city were used as indirect measures of …

Utilization management is a mechanism for managing health care costs by assessing the
appropriateness of care and influencing decisions about its provision to ensure the least …

Objective This study examined the validity of four psychiatric utilization management criteria
sets: the 1992 and 1993 InterQual Intensity, Severity, and Discharge (ISD) criteria, the …

OBJECTIVE: The utilization management process of a managed behavioral health
organization was examined to determine the frequency and types of reviews and the extent …

Utilization review is now carried out by most hospitals and many health care agencies,
government-sponsored local agencies, third-party party payers, and private companies, yet …

Discussion We are only beginning to understand the full effects of deinstitutionalization of
the chronic mentally ill. Deinstitutionalization combined with financial cutbacks and system …