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Session: Organization and Financing of Mental Health Care
4299.0: Tuesday, November 9, 2004: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Organization and Financing of Mental Health Care
This session will address a broad range of issues regarding the organization and financing of mental health care in the United States.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to identify and discuss current issues regarding the organization and financing of mental health care in the United States.
Moderator(s):Roger A. Boothroyd, PhD
4:30 PMDoes System Reform Reduce Geographic Variation in Mental Health Service Use
Greg Greenberg, Phd, Robert A. Rosenheck, MD
4:45 PMHealth Care Reform Tracking Project: Findings and Policy and Research Recommendations  [ Recorded presentation ]
Mary Armstrong, PhD, Beth Stroul, Sheila Pires, Virginia Wood, BA, Jan McCarthy, MSW
5:00 PMEffect of Financing Arrangements on the Quality of Care and Individual Outcomes of Persons with Severe Mental Illnesses  [ Recorded presentation ]
Roger A. Boothroyd, PhD, Paul Stiles, Kelley Dhont, MS, Pamela F. Beiler, MSW
5:15 PMDoes less gatekeeping mean more access to mental health services?  [ Recorded presentation ]
Dominic Hodgkin, PhD, Elizabeth L. Merrick, PhD, MSW, Constance M. Horgan, ScD, Deborah W. Garnick, ScD
5:30 PMImpact of state budget cuts on access to mental health services for low-income persons: Findings from Colorado  [ Recorded presentation ]
Jenny K. Hyun, MPH, Janet M. Coffman, MPP, MA, Soo H Kang, DrPH, Joan R. Bloom, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Mental Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA