Nonmarket Resource Allocation in Mantal Health Care

Interdependencies in a Fragmented World

Bibliographic Data

ID3757839
AuthorsRichard Frank (0000-0001-5927-1217, Johns Hopkins University), Richard W Frank (0000-0003-4382-1039, Johns Hopkins University), Mark S Kamlet (Carnegie Mellon University)
Year1986
Volume30
Issue2
Pages188-200
Publication date1986-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/000276486030002007
OpenAlexW2027806626
LanguageEN
References cited10

This article examines the public sector's role in the provision of mental health care, concentrating on a financial and economic perspective. A brief history of U.S. public policy toward the mentally ill is provided. The political economy of the mental health care system is then discussed. Four key sets of actors are identified: voters, interest groups, legislatures and elected politicians, and bureaus and public providers. Public policy toward the mentally ill in the United States is the result of the interaction of these groups. We discuss each group's objectives and the nature of the constraints each faces in pursuing its objectives. Using this perspective, the empirical literature on resource utilization by public mental hospitals is reviewed. A research agenda is presented for analyzing public sources of mental health care

Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Legislature · Mental health · Nonmarket forces · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Public economics · Public health · Public policy · Public relations · Resource (disambiguation) · Resource allocation · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Public Administration

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