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THE INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL, MARITAL, AND FAMILY THERAPY ON HIGH UTILIZERS OF HEALTH CARE
Author(s) -
Law David D.,
Crane D. Russell,
Berge Jerica M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2003.tb01212.x
Subject(s) - family therapy , marital therapy , health maintenance , health care , marital status , medical record , medicine , psychology , family medicine , gerontology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , environmental health , population , economics , radiology , economic growth
Research has shown that people reduce their use of health care after individual, marital, and family therapy, which is known as the “offset effect.” However, little research has been done to learn if high utilizers of health care reduce health care usage after therapy. Medical records of research participants (n = 65) from a health maintenance organization (HMO) were randomly selected and examined for 6 months before, during, and after therapy. Persons who received individual, marital, or family therapy all reduced their health care use after therapy, with the largest reductions coming from those participants who had some form of conjoint therapy.