Statistical and consensus-based strategies for grouping consumers in mental health level-of-care schemes

Administration and Policy in Mental Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-306

  Uehara, Edwina S ^a   Srebnik, Debra ^a   Smukler, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Consumers; Level of care; Service systems; Washington

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CONSENSUS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SELECTION; WASHINGTON; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037710395     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024080532651     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. American Psychiatric Association. (1994a). Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with bipolar disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151(12 Suppl.), 1-36.
2. th ed.) (DSM-IV). Washington, DC: Author.
3. American Psychiatric Association. (1997). Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154(4 Suppl.), 1-63.
4. Assessing mental health treatment outcome measurement techniques. Department of Health and Human Services Publication No. (ADM) 86-1301. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
5. Barker, S., Barron, N., & McFarland, B. (1994). A community ability scale for chronically mentally ill consumers: II. Applications. Community Mental Health Journal, 30, 459-472.
6. Bartko, J.J. (1991). Measurement and reliability: Statistical thinking considerations. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 17, 483-489.
7. Bartsch, D., Shern, D., Coen, A., & Wilson, N. (1995). Service needs, receipt, and outcomes for types of clients with serious and persistent mental illness. The Journal of Mental Health Administration, 22(4), 388-402.
8. Braucht, G.N., & Kirby, M.W. (1986). An empirical typology of the chronically mentally ill. Community Mental Health Journal 22, 3-20.
9. Community Psychiatric Clinic. (1992). Problem severity summary scales: Preliminary report on reliability, validity and appropriateness for special populations. Seattle, WA: Managed Care Services.
10. Crismon, M.L., Trivedi, M., Pigott, T.A., Rush, A.J., Hirschfeld, R.M, Hakn, D.A., DeBattista, C., Nelson, C., Nierenberg, A.A., Sackeim, H., & Thase, M.E. (1999). The Texas Medication Algorithm Project: Report of the Texas Consensus Conference Panel on medication treatment of major depressive disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 60(3), 142-156.
11. DeLiberty, R., Newman, F., & Ward, E. (1999, October). Risk adjustment in the Hoosier Assurance Plan: Impact on providers. Presented at the Southern Regional Conference on Mental Health Statistics.
12. Eisen, S., Dill, D., & Grob, M. (1994). Reliability and validity of a brief patient-report instrument for psychiatric outcome and evaluation. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 45, 242-247.
13. Ellis, R.H., Wackwitz, J.H., & Foster, M. (1991). Uses of an empirically derived client typology based on level of functioning: Twelve years of the CCAR. Journal of Mental Health Administration. 18(2), 88-100.
14. Ettner, S.L., Frank, R.G., McGuire, T.G., Newhouse, J. P., & Notman, E.H. (1997, October). Risk adjustment of mental health and substance abuse payments. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, New York, NY.
15. Garcia-Peltoniemi, R.E. (1990). Epidemiological perspectives. In National Institute of Mental Health, mental health services for refugees (pp. 24-41). Department of Health and Human Services Publication No. (ADM) 91-1824. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
16. Glazer, W., & Gray, G. (1996). Psychometric properties of a decision-support tool for the era of managed care. The Journal of Mental Health Administration, 23(2), 226-233.
17. Goldman, H.H., Pincus, H.A., Taube, C.A., & Regier, D.A. (1984). Prospective payment for psychiatric hospitalization: Questions and issues. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 35, 460-464.
18. Herman, S.E., & Mowbray, C.T. (1991). Client typology based on functioning level assessments: Utility for service planning and monitoring. Journal of Mental Health Administration. 18(2), 101-115.
19. Holohean, E., Banks, S., & Maddy, B. (1995). System impact and methodological issues in the development of an empirical typology of psychiatric hospital residents. The Journal of Mental Health Administration, 22(2), 177-188.
20. Hughes, D., Seidman, E., & Williams, N. (1993). Cultural phenomena and the research enterprise: Toward a culturally anchored methodology. American Journal of Community Psychology, 21(6), 687-704.
21. Hui, H., & Triandis, H.C. (1989). Effects of culture and response format on extreme response style. Journal of Cross·Cultural Psychology, 20(3), 296-309.
22. Kazarian, S., Joseph, L., & McCabe, S. (1996). A brief method of assessing adult inpatients' level of need for community support systems. Psychiatric Services, 47(6), 654-656.
23. Leff, H.S., Graves, S., Natkins, J., & Bryan, J. (1985). A system for allocating mental health resources. Administration in Mental Health, 13, 43-68.
24. Leff, H.S., Mulkern, V.M., Lieberman, M., & Raab, B. (1994). The effects of capitation on service access, adequacy, and appropriateness. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 21, 141-160.
25. Lehman, A., Steinwachs, D., and the co-investigators of the PORT project. (1998). At issue: Translating research into practice: The schizophrenia patient outcomes research team (PORT) treatment recommendations. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 24(1), 1-10.
26. Milner, K.K., & Valenstien, M. (2002). A comparison of guidelines for the treatment of schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services, 53(7), 888-890.
27. Minsky, S., & Kamis-Gould, E. (1991, April). Classification of persons with severe and/or persistent mental disorders: The New Jersey experience. Paper presented at the meeting of the Northeastern Mental Health Systems Improvement Project. New York, N.Y.
28. nd ed., pp. 153-170). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
29. Newman, F.L., Griffin, B.P., Black, R.W., & Page, S.E. (1989). Linking level of care to level of need: Assessing the need for mental health care for nursing home residents. American Psychologist, 44, 1315-1324.
30. Newman, F.L., Tippett, M.L., & Johnson, D.A. (1992, November). A screening instrument for consumer placement in level of CSP: Psychometric characteristics. Paper presented at the meeting of the American Evaluation Association. Seattle, WA.
31. Pandiani, J.A., Gordon, L.R., Wilson, S.F., & Carling, P.J. (1983). Statistical properties of the Vermont alternative care assessment: A technical report to the Vermont Department of Health. Vermont: Department of Health.
32. Rush, A.J., Trivedi, M., Shriger, D., & Petty, F. (1992). The development of clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of depression. Special section: Developing guidelines for treating depressive disorders in the primary care setting. General Hospital Psychiatry, 14, 230-236.
33. Sanderson, W. (1998). The case for evidence-based psychotherapy treatment guidelines. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 52(3), 382-387.
34. Schneider, C., & Struening, E.L. (1983). SLOF: A behavioral rating scale for assessing the mentally ill. Social Work Research and Abstracts, 19, 9-21.
35. Sciacca, K. (1991, Summer). An integrated treatment approach for severely mentally ill individuals with substance disorders. New Directions for Mental Health Services, 50, 69-85.
36. Seed, P. & Kaye, G. (1994). Handbook for assessing and managing care in the community. London: Jessica Kingsley.
37. Shrout, P.I., & Fleiss, J.L. (1979). Intraclass correlations: Uses in assessing rater reliability. Psychological Bulletin, 86, 420-427.
38. Smith, M.E., & Loftus-Rueckheim, P. (1993). Service utilization patterns as determinants of capitation rates. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 44, 49-53.
39. Smith, T., & Docherty, J. (1998). Standards of care and clinical algorithms for treatment schizophrenia. The psychiatric clinics of North America, 21(1), 203-220.
40. Smith, T.E., & Docherty, J.P. (1998). Standards of care and clinical algorithms for treating schizophrenia. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 21(1), 203-220.
41. Smukler, M., Sherman, P., Srebnik, D., & Uehara, E.S. (1996). Developing local service standards for managed mental health services. Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 24(2), 101-116.
42. Sowers, W., George, C., & Thompson, K. (1999). Level of care utilization system for psychiatric and addiction services (LOCUS): A preliminary assessment of reliability and validity. Community Mental Health Journal 35(6), 545-563.
43. Spector, P.E. (1992). Summated rating scale construction: An introduction. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
44. Srebnik, D., Uehara, E.S., & Smukler, M. (1998). Field test of a tool for level of care decisions in community mental health. Psychiatric Services, 49, 91-97.
45. Srebnik, D., Uehara, E.S., Smukler, M., Russo, J.E., Comtois, K.A., & Snowdon, M. (2002). Psychometric properties and utility of the problem severity summary for adults with serious mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 53, 1010-1017.
46. Uehara, E.S., Smukler, M., & Newman, F.E. (1994). Linking resource use to consumer level of need in a local mental health system: Field test of the LONCA case mix method. The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 695-709.
47. Weed, L.L. (1991). Knowledge coupling: New premises and new tools for medical care and education. New York: Springer-Verlag.
48. Westermeyer, J., Vang, T.F., & Neider, J. (1983). Refugees who do and do not seek psychiatric care: An analysis of pre-migratory and post-migratory characteristics. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 171, 86-91.
49. Wood, W., & Beardmore, D.F. (1986). Prospective payment for outpatient mental health services: Evaluation of diagnosis-related groups. Community Mental Health Journal 22, 286-291.
50. Zarin, D., Seigle, L., Pincus, H., & McIntyre, J. (1997). Evidence-based practice guidelines. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 33(4), 641-646.