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8514298

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
In this position paper drafted by the committee on psychopathology of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, the authors discuss merits and disadvantages of three different approaches to equitable coverage of mental illness: coverage for selected psychiatric diagnoses, coverage based on severity of impairment, and coverage of services. They believe that coverage of selected disorders has political appeal but is discriminatory and arbitrary; it is also impractical because clinicians may overdiagnose conditions covered by insurance and underdiagnose excluded conditions. Coverage based on severity of impairment, or disability, has similar limitations. The authors believe services should be the principal basis for coverage, as under general medical insurance. The approach is nondiscriminatory, and costs can be controlled through such means as managed care, changes in the payment system, or benefit design.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-1597
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
542-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
The case for a services-based approach to payment for mental illness under national health care reform.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article