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Quality Chasm Ser.: Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions by Crossing the Quality Chasm Adaptation to Mental Health and Addictive Disorders Committee and Board on Health Care Services Staff (2006, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherNational Academies Press

ISBN-100309100445

ISBN-139780309100441

eBay Product ID (ePID)50874848

Product Key Features

Number of Pages528 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameImproving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions

SubjectHealth Care Delivery, Psychopathology / General, Mental Health, Psychopathology / Addiction

Publication Year2006

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPsychology, Medical

AuthorCrossing the Quality Chasm Adaptation to Mental Health and Addictive Disorders Committee, Board on Health Care Services Staff

SeriesQuality Chasm Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight34 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-036202

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal362.29

SynopsisEach year, more than 33 million Americans receive health care for mental or substance-use conditions, or both. Together, mental and substance-use illnesses are the leading cause of death and disability for women, the highest for men ages 15-44, and the second highest for all men. Effective treatments exist, but services are frequently fragmented and, as with general health care, there are barriers that prevent many from receiving these treatments as designed or at all. The consequences of this are serious?for these individuals and their families; their employers and the workforce; for the nation's economy; as well as the education, welfare, and justice systems. Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions examines the distinctive characteristics of health care for mental and substance-use conditions, including payment, benefit coverage, and regulatory issues, as well as health care organization and delivery issues. This new volume in the Quality Chasm series puts forth an agenda for improving the quality of this care based on this analysis. Patients and their families, primary health care providers, specialty mental health and substance-use treatment providers, health care organizations, health plans, purchasers of group health care, and all involved in health care for mental and substance?use conditions will benefit from this guide to achieving better care., Each year, more than 33 million Americans receive health care for mental or substance-use conditions, or both. Together, mental and substance-use illnesses are the leading cause of death and disability for women, the highest for men ages 15-44, and the second highest for all men. Effective treatments exist, but services are frequently fragmented and, as with general health care, there are barriers that prevent many from receiving these treatments as designed or at all. The consequences of this are serious "for these individuals and their families; their employers and the workforce; for the nation (TM)s economy; as well as the education, welfare, and justice systems. Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental and Substance-Use Conditions examines the distinctive characteristics of health care for mental and substance-use conditions, including payment, benefit coverage, and regulatory issues, as well as health care organization and delivery issues. This new volume in the Quality Chasm series puts forth an agenda for improving the quality of this care based on this analysis. Patients and their families, primary health care providers, specialty mental health and substance-use treatment providers, health care organizations, health plans, purchasers of group health care, and all involved in health care for mental and substance "use conditions will benefit from this guide to achieving better care.

LC Classification NumberRC564.I47 2006