Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with respect to mortality, morbidity and health care access. The SMI population frequently over-utilizes hospital services, especially emergency department care, and often lacks adequate primary care. This retrospective longitudinal study investigated whether SMI patients changed their hospital utilization patterns when enrolled in an integrated primary care and behavioral health program and how these changes affected hospital costs. The study tracked the hospital utilization of 343 patients for up to 12 months before and after their enrollment. Results showed a significant decrease in total ED visits and the number of patients who over-utilized t...
Despite the compelling logic for integrating care for people with serious mental illness, there is a...
OBJECTIVE: Integration of general medical care and mental health care is a high priority for individ...
Background/Aims: People with serious mental illnesses (SMI) experience excess morbidity and prematur...
Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with ...
Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with ...
Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with ...
Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with ...
Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with ...
Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with ...
Serious mental illness (SMI) affects 5% of the United States population and is associated with incre...
Serious mental illness (SMI) affects 5% of the United States population and is associated with incre...
General hospitals are becoming the safety net provider for the seriously mentally ill (SMI) in the U...
BACKGROUND: In 1992, Massachusetts launched a state-wide managed care plan for all Medicaid benefici...
Background: Care management programs for high-cost patients with complex medical and social needs ar...
Multiple barriers to quality health care may affect the outcomes of postacute treatment for individu...
Despite the compelling logic for integrating care for people with serious mental illness, there is a...
OBJECTIVE: Integration of general medical care and mental health care is a high priority for individ...
Background/Aims: People with serious mental illnesses (SMI) experience excess morbidity and prematur...
Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with ...
Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with ...
Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with ...
Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with ...
Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with ...
Persons diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) suffer from significant health disparities with ...
Serious mental illness (SMI) affects 5% of the United States population and is associated with incre...
Serious mental illness (SMI) affects 5% of the United States population and is associated with incre...
General hospitals are becoming the safety net provider for the seriously mentally ill (SMI) in the U...
BACKGROUND: In 1992, Massachusetts launched a state-wide managed care plan for all Medicaid benefici...
Background: Care management programs for high-cost patients with complex medical and social needs ar...
Multiple barriers to quality health care may affect the outcomes of postacute treatment for individu...
Despite the compelling logic for integrating care for people with serious mental illness, there is a...
OBJECTIVE: Integration of general medical care and mental health care is a high priority for individ...
Background/Aims: People with serious mental illnesses (SMI) experience excess morbidity and prematur...