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Community mental health centers: movement away from the model? 1981

J R Woy, and D B Wasserman, and R Weiner-Pomerantz

What happens to community mental health centers when federal funding declines and then ends? Analysis of service utilization patterns over a five year period for a cohort of "graduate" community mental health centers indicates two distinct patterns. One group appeared to assure their fiscal viability by maximizing the traditional inpatient, outpatient, and emergency services while cutting back less lucrative services, such as consultation and education, home visits, and partial hospitalization. The other group maintained a balanced mix of all the services, but apparently did so at some risk to their financial status. Implications for the future of community based mental health care are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003155	Community Mental Health Centers	Facilities which administer the delivery of psychologic and psychiatric services to people living in a neighborhood or community.	CMHC
D003156	Community Mental Health Services	Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive mental health services provided for individuals in the community.	Community Mental Health Service,Mental Health Services, Community,Assertive Community Treatment,Health Services, Community Mental,Services, Community Mental Health,Services, Mental Health Community,Community Treatment, Assertive,Treatment, Assertive Community
D003363	Cost Control	The containment, regulation, or restraint of costs. Costs are said to be contained when the value of resources committed to an activity is not considered excessive. This determination is frequently subjective and dependent upon the specific geographic area of the activity being measured. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)	Cost Containment,Containment, Cost,Containments, Cost,Control, Cost,Controls, Cost,Cost Containments,Cost Controls
D005380	Financing, Government	Federal, state, or local government organized methods of financial assistance.	Federal Aid,Financing, Public,Grants and Subsidies, Government,Hill-Burton Act,Subsidies, Government,Government Financing,Act, Hill-Burton,Aid, Federal,Aids, Federal,Federal Aids,Government Subsidies,Government Subsidy,Hill Burton Act,Public Financing,Subsidy, Government
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.