caa a22 4500 477131751 CHVBK 20180405111705.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19970701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02042825 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02042825 Community mental health program efficiency [Elektronische Daten] [Bentson McFarland, Douglas Bigelow, Jay Smith, Ala Mofidi] Six urban community mental health centers participated in a capitated payment system designed for persons with severe mental illness who frequently used the state hospital. The centers and their funding agency agreed that a chief outcome measure would be the length of time clients were able to remain enrolled in the outpatient program. Clients of the six agencies were quite similar to one another. During the 18-month study length of enrollment in the outpatient program did not vary among the agencies whereas agency expenditures varied by more than three-fold. Although some of this expenditure variation was due to economies of scale at larger agencies, different practice styles also contributed to variable efficiency. Human Sciences Press, Inc, 1997 McFarland Bentson Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland aut Bigelow Douglas The Ministry of Health in Victoria, British Columbia, USA aut Smith Jay Public Knowledge, Inc., Portland aut Mofidi Ala Health Economist at the State of Oregon Office of the Health Plan Administrator, Salem aut Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 24/6(1997-07-01), 459-474 0894-587X 24:6<459 1997 24 10488 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02042825 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02042825 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McFarland Bentson Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bigelow Douglas The Ministry of Health in Victoria, British Columbia, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Smith Jay Public Knowledge, Inc., Portland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mofidi Ala Health Economist at the State of Oregon Office of the Health Plan Administrator, Salem aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 24/6(1997-07-01), 459-474 0894-587X 24:6<459 1997 24 10488 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer