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Informationen zum Autor William A. Hargreaves is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at University of California! San Francisco. He earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Chicago in 1959. He is an active participant in the Center for Mental Health Services Research! a multidisciplinary consortium of UC Berkeley and UCSF faculty funded by NIMH as a research center. His research interests are in the psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for schizophrenia! and in the clinical practices! organization! management! cost! and effectiveness of mental health services. In 1995 he was awarded the Carl Taube Award by the Division of Mental Health of the American Public Health Association for outstanding contributions to mental health services research. Martha Shumway is Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California! San Francisco. She earned a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Berkeley in 1996. Her research interests include the cost-effectiveness of mental health services and methods of estimating the outcome preferences of persons with schizophrenia and of related stakeholders. Brian Cuffel is Assistant Vice President! Research and Evaluation! United Behavioral Health! San Francisco! California. He earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Kent State University in 1989. He has been Assistant Professor of Psychiatry! University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Assistant Professor of Psychology! University of California! San Francisco; Research Director at the Center for Mental Health Services Research; and Senior Manager with The Medstat Group! Washington! D.C. His research interests are managed behavioral healthcare! cost-effectiveness of mental health services! and psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for schizophrenia. Zusammenfassung Provides an overview of the choices and judgements used to evaluate the cost effectiveness of mental health treatment. This book presents economic concepts of cost! discusses the various approaches to cost-outcome studies! and focuses on the way such studies apply to mental health. It provides examples of applications to mental health services. Inhaltsverzeichnis Cost-Outcome Research in Mental Health. Special Design Issues in Cost-Outcome Research. Concepts of Economic Cost. Measuring Utilization. Estimating Economic Cost. Measuring Service Practice. Measuring Mental Health Outcomes. Aggregating Outcome Measures. Analyzing Cost-Effectiveness. Using Cost-Outcome Data to Guide Policy and Practice. Bibliography. Index. ...
