Psychiatric Health Care and Costs Under Comprehensive Public Health Insurance

Experience in a Canadian Province

Bibliographic Data

ID9098345
AuthorsCarl D??Arcy (Saskatchewan Health), Guin Bold (Saskatchewan Health), Janet A Schmitz (Saskatchewan Health)
Year1981
Volume19
Issue9
Pages881-894
Publication date1981-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-198109000-00001
PMID7289676
OpenAlexW2012534422
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited8

Psychiatric service delivery was studied over a 6-year period in the Province of Saskatchewan, which has had comprehensive universal medical insurance since 1962. That experience is relevant to current issues of costs and quality of care, methods of financial reimbursement and organization of service delivery. A unique patient-centered data base permitted the examination of significant differences between the private and public service delivery sectors in volumes and types of patients treated as well as treatment costs. A dominant picture emerged of distinct types of patients that differ significantly in terms of severity and duration of illness, as well as in the amount of resources they consume. Their differing needs for intervention and prevention should be taken into account in mental health care planning

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