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Patient inducement, provider priorities, and resource allocation in public mental health systems.

Public mental health systems are increasingly facing demands from the criminal justice system and social services agencies to provide services and support in cases in which mental illness contributes to crime, homelessness, or poverty. In this article we analyze how policies from outside public ment...

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Published in:Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 1075 - 1107
Main Authors: Sinaiko AD, McGuire TG
Format: tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Duke University Press Dec2006
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          Crime Psychosocial Factors
          Health Resource Allocation
          Mental Health Services
          Motivation
          Patients Psychosocial Factors
          Public Sector
          Decision Making, Patient
          Health Policy Classification
          Mental Health Services Economics
          Mental Health Services Legislation and Jurisprudence
          United States
      ab: Public mental health systems are increasingly facing demands from the criminal justice system and social services agencies to provide services and support in cases in which mental illness contributes to crime, homelessness, or poverty. In this article we analyze how policies from outside public mental health systems affect resource allocation within these systems, using examples from criminal justice. These policies use two types of mechanisms: inducing patients to consume treatment (by offering rewards or imposing penalties) and inducing clinicians to provide treatment (by creating priorities). We propose a classification of these social policies based on whether they affect demand through rewards or penalties or supply through priorities. We then relate the classification to data on patients treated in public systems to evaluate the current prevalence and potential for growth in these outside demands. These inducements impose a set of nonobvious costs on other patients who are not targeted by the policies. Furthermore, they create incentives for both patients and providers to modify their behavior in order to take advantage of rewards, avoid penalties, or better compete for resources with prioritized patients. We consider some policy implications for avoiding unintended consequences of these policies.
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