M Susan Ridgely
Biographic Data
| ID | 5380289 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Susan Ridgely |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ridgely |
| SIGNATURE | RIDGELY M S |
| AFFILIATIONS | RAND Corporation |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1113-6168 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Is Bigger Better: A Closer Look at Small Health Systems in the United States
BACKGROUND: Research on US health systems has focused on large systems with at least 50 physicians. Little is known about small systems. OBJECTIVES: Compare the characteristics, quality, and costs of care between small and large health systems. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective, repeated cross-sectional analysis. SUBJECTS: Between 468 and 479 large health systems, and between 608 and 641 small systems serving fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries, …
Mental health and substance abuse insurance parity for federal employees: How did health plans respond
A fundamental concern with competitive health insurance markets is that they will not supply efficient levels of coverage for treatment of costly, chronic, and predictable illnesses, such as mental illness. Since the inception of employer-based health insurance, coverage for mental health services has been offered on a more limited basis than coverage for general medical services. While mental health advocates view insurance limits as evidence of…
Electronic Prescribing and Hipaa Privacy Regulation
Electronic prescribing offers the prospect of safer medication management, but fulfillment of that promise depends on ready access to personal health information from many sources, thus raising new concerns about information privacy and security. Federal privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) limit the sharing of health information by providers, and particularly may discourage information…
Collaborations between drug courts and service providers: Characteristics and challenges
Drug courts
Analysis of three interventions for substance abuse treatment of severely mentally ill people
Gender Differences in the Assessment of Specialized Treatments for Substance Abuse among People with Severe Mental Illness
A recent study examined the relative cost-effectiveness of three specialized interventions for treating people with both severe mental illness and substance abuse disorders: behavioral skills training, intensive case management, and 12-Step recovery. This article reports the changes in client psychosocial outcomes, psychiatric and substance abuse symptomatology, and service utilization and costs for the 31 women involved in the study, and compare…
Assessments of community mental health support systems: A key informant approach
The dual crisis: Mental illness and substance abuse: Present and future directions
The dual crisis: Mental illness and substance abuse: Present and future directions
Analysis of three interventions for substance abuse treatment of severely mentally ill people
Assessments of community mental health support systems: A key informant approach
Collaborations between drug courts and service providers: Characteristics and challenges
Drug courts
The dual crisis: Mental illness and substance abuse: Present and future directions
Assessments of community mental health support systems: A key informant approach
Gender Differences in the Assessment of Specialized Treatments for Substance Abuse among People with Severe Mental Illness
A recent study examined the relative cost-effectiveness of three specialized interventions for treating people with both severe mental illness and substance abuse disorders: behavioral skills training, intensive case management, and 12-Step recovery. This article reports the changes in client psychosocial outcomes, psychiatric and substance abuse symptomatology, and service utilization and costs for the 31 women involved in the study, and compare…
Analysis of three interventions for substance abuse treatment of severely mentally ill people
Drug courts
Electronic Prescribing and Hipaa Privacy Regulation
Electronic prescribing offers the prospect of safer medication management, but fulfillment of that promise depends on ready access to personal health information from many sources, thus raising new concerns about information privacy and security. Federal privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) limit the sharing of health information by providers, and particularly may discourage information…
Collaborations between drug courts and service providers: Characteristics and challenges
Mental health and substance abuse insurance parity for federal employees: How did health plans respond
A fundamental concern with competitive health insurance markets is that they will not supply efficient levels of coverage for treatment of costly, chronic, and predictable illnesses, such as mental illness. Since the inception of employer-based health insurance, coverage for mental health services has been offered on a more limited basis than coverage for general medical services. While mental health advocates view insurance limits as evidence of…
Is Bigger Better: A Closer Look at Small Health Systems in the United States
BACKGROUND: Research on US health systems has focused on large systems with at least 50 physicians. Little is known about small systems. OBJECTIVES: Compare the characteristics, quality, and costs of care between small and large health systems. RESEARCH DESIGN: Retrospective, repeated cross-sectional analysis. SUBJECTS: Between 468 and 479 large health systems, and between 608 and 641 small systems serving fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries, …
Medicine (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Substance abuse (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Mental illness (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (4 works)