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Quality of mental health services and method of payment: An empirical study
Author(s) -
Wallace Donald H.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.2370090206
Subject(s) - medicaid , payment , sample (material) , mental health , variables , variance (accounting) , quality (philosophy) , private practice , psychology , actuarial science , health insurance , medicine , business , psychiatry , family medicine , health care , finance , statistics , economics , philosophy , chemistry , accounting , chromatography , epistemology , economic growth , mathematics
Data from a sample of clinicians are examined to study the relationship of the lower socio‐economic client and therapist. Therapist practice variables are regressed on variables measuring client income and contrasting client's use of Medicaid with the use of private insurance or out‐of‐pocket funds. It is found that therapist practice variables can predict a significant proportion of the variance of these criterion variables. These relationships and their implications for the therapeutic needs of indigent clients with less severely impaired conditions are discussed.