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Managed care cost effectiveness: fantasy or reality?

Managed care cost effectiveness: fantasy or reality?

Authors :
Mone LC
Source :
International journal of group psychotherapy [Int J Group Psychother] 1994 Oct; Vol. 44 (4), pp. 437-48.
Publication Year :
1994

Abstract

This article reviews some of the health care issues raised by K. Roy MacKenzie. The author identifies additional contributors to spiralling costs and offers a slightly different perspective on the issue of the efficacy of short-term time-limited psychotherapy. In particular, the author raises questions regarding the cost-driven aspect of today's health care delivery system versus quality of care. He also challenges some of the research findings used in support of MacKenzie's argument that short-term time-limited group therapy is as cost-effective as long-term individual psychotherapy. More specifically, he considers how resistance and the sense of hopefulness might influence the favorable outcomes of the studies cited in MacKenzie's article. In addition, the relationship between short-term psychotherapy and managed care abuse is addressed and a partial solution to preventing such abuse by legislating public accountability is offered.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0020-7284
Volume :
44
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
International journal of group psychotherapy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
7843843
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/00207284.1994.11491250