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Littenberg B, Clifton J, Crocker AM, Baldwin LM, Bonnell LN, Breshears RE, Callas P, Chakravarti P, Clark/Keefe K, Cohen DJ, deGruy FV, Eidt-Pearson L, Elder W, Fox C, Frisbie S, Hekman K, Hitt J, Jewiss J, Kaelber DC, Kelley KS, Kessler R, O'Rourke-Lavoie JB, Leibowitz GS, Macchi CR, Martin MP, McGovern M, Mollis B, Mullin D, Nagykaldi Z, Natkin LW, Pace W, Pinckney RG, Pomeroy D, Reynolds P, Rose GL, Scholle SH, Sieber WJ, Soucie J, Stancin T, Stange KC, Stephens KA, Teng K, Waddell EN, van Eeghen C. A Cluster Randomized Trial of Primary Care Practice Redesign to Integrate Behavioral Health for Those Who Need It Most: Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions. Ann Fam Med 2023; 21:483-495. [PMID: 38012036 PMCID: PMC10681692 DOI: 10.1370/afm.3027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
Abstract
PURPOSE Patient outcomes can improve when primary care and behavioral health providers use a collaborative system of care, but integrating these services is difficult. We tested the effectiveness of a practice intervention for improving patient outcomes by enhancing integrated behavioral health (IBH) activities. METHODS We conducted a pragmatic, cluster randomized controlled trial. The intervention combined practice redesign, quality improvement coaching, provider and staff education, and collaborative learning. At baseline and 2 years, staff at 42 primary care practices completed the Practice Integration Profile (PIP) as a measure of IBH. Adult patients with multiple chronic medical and behavioral conditions completed the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-29) survey. Primary outcomes were the change in 8 PROMIS-29 domain scores. Secondary outcomes included change in level of integration. RESULTS Intervention assignment had no effect on change in outcomes reported by 2,426 patients who completed both baseline and 2-year surveys. Practices assigned to the intervention improved PIP workflow scores but not PIP total scores. Baseline PIP total score was significantly associated with patient-reported function, independent of intervention. Active practices that completed intervention workbooks (n = 13) improved patient-reported outcomes and practice integration (P ≤ .05) compared with other active practices (n = 7). CONCLUSION Intervention assignment had no effect on change in patient outcomes; however, we did observe improved patient outcomes among practices that entered the study with greater IBH. We also observed more improvement of integration and patient outcomes among active practices that completed the intervention compared to active practices that did not. Additional research is needed to understand how implementation efforts to enhance IBH can best reach patients.
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- Benjamin Littenberg
- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.);
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
- Parhelia Wellness, Santa Rosa, California (J.C.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (L-M.B., B.M., K.A.S.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon (D.J.C., E.N.W.)
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado (F.V.D., R.K.)
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- University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York (C.F.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- University of California San Diego, San Diego, California (K.H., W.J.S.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, Ohio (D.C.K., T.S., K.T.)
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (D.C.K., K.C.S.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado (F.V.D., R.K.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (C.R.M., M.P.M.)
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- Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California (M.M.)
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- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (L-M.B., B.M., K.A.S.)
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- UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (L.E-P., D.M.)
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- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Z.N.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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- University of California San Diego, San Diego, California (K.H., W.J.S.)
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- National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC (S.H.S., J.S.)
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- The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, Ohio (D.C.K., T.S., K.T.)
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- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (D.C.K., K.C.S.)
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- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington (L-M.B., B.M., K.A.S.)
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- The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, Ohio (D.C.K., T.S., K.T.)
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- University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont (B.L., J.C., A.M.C., L.N.B., P.C., K.C/K., S.F., J.H., J.J., K.S.K., J.B.O-L., L.W.N., R.G.P., D.P., P.R., G.L.R., C.vE.)
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Robbins-Welty GA, Gagliardi JP. Integrated Care for Complicated Patients: A Role for Combined Training and Practice. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 2023; 31:222-231. [PMID: 36437177 DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2022.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Revised: 10/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Patients with chronic medical disease frequently have comorbid psychiatric illness, yet mental and physical healthcare is frequently siloed in the United States. Integrated behavioral healthcare models, such as medicine-psychiatry services, are feasible, improve patient outcomes, and reduce costs. The Duke University Hospital medicine-psychiatry service provides holistic patient care and serves as a model for those interested in developing combined services or training programs elsewhere. Combined residency training in psychiatry is a way to provide a workforce of physician-scientist educators adept at providing coordinated, integrated care for complex patients with comorbid illness.
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- Gregg A Robbins-Welty
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center (GAR-W, JPG), Durham, NC; Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center (GAR-W, JPG), Durham, NC.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center (GAR-W, JPG), Durham, NC; Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center (GAR-W, JPG), Durham, NC
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van Schijndel M, Jansen L, Busschbach J, van Waarde J, Wierdsma A, Tiemeier H. Hospital healthcare utilizers with medical and psychiatric claims in the Netherlands: a nationwide study. BMC Health Serv Res 2022; 22:480. [PMID: 35410295 PMCID: PMC9004012 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07798-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Psychiatric and medical multimorbidity is associated with low quality of life, poor functioning and excess mortality. Differences in healthcare utilization between those receiving co-occurring medical and psychiatric healthcare (HUMPCs) and those only receiving medical (HUMCs) or only psychiatric healthcare (HUPCs) may indicate differences in care accessibility, help-seeking behavior and the risk patterns of medical illness. We aimed to assess the occurrence of psychiatric diagnostic groups in HUMPCs compared to HUPCs and to compare their medical and psychiatric claims expenditures. Methods Using Dutch claims data covering psychiatric and medical hospital care in 2010–2011, healthcare utilization differences between HUMPCs and HUPCs were expressed as differences and ratios, accounting for differences in age and sex between groups. Median claims expenditures were then compared between HUMPCs and HUPCs. Results HUMPCs had 40% higher median medical cost of claims compared to HUMCs and a 10% increased number of psychiatric claims compared to HUPCs. HUMPCs were more often diagnosed with: organic disorders; behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors; mood [affective] disorders; neurotic, stress related and somatoform disorders; and disorders of adult personality and behavior. By contrast, disorders of psychological development, schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders, behavioral and emotional disorders with usual onset occurring in childhood, and mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance abuse were less often diagnosed in this group. Conclusions Both medical and psychiatric disease become more costly where both are present. For HUMPCs the costs of both medical and psychiatric claims for almost all diagnostic groups were higher than for HUPCs and HUMCs.
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- Maarten van Schijndel
- Department of Psychiatry, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, the Netherlands.,Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Centre, Epidemiological and Social Psychiatric Research Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Centre, Epidemiological and Social Psychiatric Research Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Section Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Centre, Epidemiological and Social Psychiatric Research Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Social and Behavioural Science, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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van Eeghen CO, Littenberg B, Kessler R. Chronic care coordination by integrating care through a team-based, population-driven approach: a case study. Transl Behav Med 2018; 8:468-480. [PMID: 29800398 PMCID: PMC6065364 DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibx073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Patients with chronic conditions frequently experience behavioral comorbidities to which primary care cannot easily respond. This study observed a Vermont family medicine practice with integrated medical and behavioral health services that use a structured approach to implement a chronic care management system with Lean. The practice chose to pilot a population-based approach to improve outcomes for patients with poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes using a stepped-care model with an interprofessional team including a community health nurse. This case study observed the team's use of Lean, with which it designed and piloted a clinical algorithm composed of patient self-assessment, endorsement of behavioral goals, shared documentation of goals and plans, and follow-up. The team redesigned workflows and measured reach (patients who engaged to the end of the pilot), outcomes (HbA1c results), and process (days between HbA1c tests). The researchers evaluated practice member self-reports about the use of Lean and facilitators and barriers to move from pilot to larger scale applications. Of 20 eligible patients recruited over 3 months, 10 agreed to participate and 9 engaged fully (45%); 106 patients were controls. Relative to controls, outcomes and process measures improved but lacked significance. Practice members identified barriers that prevented implementation of all changes needed but were in agreement that the pilot produced useful outcomes. A systematized, population-based, chronic care management service is feasible in a busy primary care practice. To test at scale, practice leadership will need to allocate staffing, invest in shared documentation, and standardize workflows to streamline office practice responsibilities.
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- Constance O van Eeghen
- Department of Medicine, Robert Larner College of Medicine, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Robert Larner College of Medicine, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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- Behavioral Health Program, College of Healthcare Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Jansen L, van Schijndel M, van Waarde J, van Busschbach J. Health-economic outcomes in hospital patients with medical-psychiatric comorbidity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0194029. [PMID: 29534097 PMCID: PMC5849295 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Hospital inpatients often experience medical and psychiatric problems simultaneously. Although this implies a certain relationship between healthcare utilization and costs, this relationship has never been systematically reviewed. OBJECTIVE The objective is to examine the extent to which medical-psychiatric comorbidities relate to health-economic outcomes in general and in different subgroups. If the relationship is significant, this would give additional reasons to facilitate the search for targeted and effective treatments for this complex population. METHOD A systematic review in Embase, Medline, Psycinfo, Cochrane, Web of Science and Google Scholar was performed up to August 2016 and included cross-references from included studies. Only peer-reviewed empirical studies examining the impact of inpatient medical-psychiatric comorbidities on three health-economic outcomes (length of stay (LOS), medical costs and rehospitalizations) were included. Study design was not an exclusion criterion, there were no restrictions on publication dates and patients included had to be over 18 years. The examined populations consisted of inpatients with medical-psychiatric comorbidities and controls. The controls were inpatients without a comorbid medical or psychiatric disorder. Non-English studies were excluded. RESULTS From electronic literature databases, 3165 extracted articles were scrutinized on the basis of title and abstract. This resulted in a full-text review of 86 articles: 52 unique studies were included. The review showed that the presence of medical-psychiatric comorbidity was related to increased LOS, higher medical costs and more rehospitalizations. The meta-analysis revealed that patients with comorbid depression had an increased mean LOS of 4.38 days compared to patients without comorbidity (95% CI: 3.07 to 5.68, I2 = 31%). CONCLUSIONS Medical-psychiatric comorbidity is related to increased LOS, medical costs and rehospitalization; this is also shown for specific subgroups. This study had some limitations; namely, that the studies were very heterogenetic and, in some cases, of poor quality in terms of risk of bias. Nevertheless, the findings remain valid and justify the search for targeted and effective interventions for this complex population.
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- Luc Jansen
- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Zilveren Kruis Achmea, Department of Health Procurement, Leusden, the Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Rijnstate Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Arnhem, the Netherlands
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- Rijnstate Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Arnhem, the Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Psychiatry, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Abouljoud M, Ryan M, Eshelman A, Bryce K, Jesse MT. Leadership Perspectives on Integrating Psychologists into Specialty Care Clinics: An Evolving Paradigm. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 2018; 25:267-277. [PMID: 29468571 DOI: 10.1007/s10880-017-9532-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Integration of health psychologists into specialty care is a shift in the tertiary care construct that addresses all aspects of a patient's presentation, including psychiatric/social history, psychological well-being, and behavioral contributions to the disease process, assuring both optimal health outcomes and cost-effectiveness in a financially challenging healthcare environment. In this paper, we discuss leadership perspectives (physician and psychologists) on the factors involved in integrating a health psychologist into a busy tertiary care environment. Ultimately, we hope that this information provides a primer on how to frame a proposal for an integrated health psychologist emphasizing the elements important to senior medical leadership and administration. First, we briefly discuss the current payer framework, providing support for integration emphasizing costs and other metrics. Second, we introduce organizational structure models and strategies for integration. Lastly, we will discuss the unique skillset psychologists possess, and additional skills necessary, to be effective in the changing landscape of healthcare. We think this information is important both for leaders attempting to integrate a health psychologist into specialty care and for the early career health psychologist embarking on his/her first senior staff position.
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- Marwan Abouljoud
- Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
- Division of Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Henry Ford Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
- Psychosomatic Medicine, Behavioral Health, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
- Psychosomatic Medicine, Behavioral Health, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
- Psychosomatic Medicine, Behavioral Health, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
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- Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.
- Psychosomatic Medicine, Behavioral Health, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.
- Center for Health Policy & Health Services Research, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA.
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Cordero-Andrés P, González-Blanch C, Umaran-Alfageme O, Muñoz-Navarro R, Ruíz-Rodríguez P, Medrano LA, Hernández-de Hita F, Pérez-Poo T, Cano-Vindel A. Tratamiento psicológico de los trastornos emocionales en atención primaria: fundamentos teóricos y empíricos del estudio PsicAP. ANSIEDAD Y ESTRÉS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anyes.2017.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mounting evidence supports the value of integrated healthcare and the need for interprofessional practice within patient-centered medical homes (PCMH). Incorporating behavioral health services is key to fully implementing the PCMH concept. Unfortunately, psychologists have not been front and center in this integrative and interprofessional care movement nor have they typically received adequate training or experience to work effectively in these integrated care programs. This article builds the case for the value of PCMHs, particularly those that incorporate behavioral health services. Attention is paid to the diverse roles psychologists play in these settings, including as direct service providers, consultants, teachers/supervisors, scholars/program evaluators, and leaders. There is a discussion of the competencies psychologists must possess to play these roles effectively. Future directions are discussed, with a focus on ways psychologists can bolster the PCMH model by engaging in interprofessional partnerships related to education and training, practice, research, and leadership.
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Lahijani S, Rosenthal LJ. Insights from Collaborative Care: A Review of the Evidence for Depression and Diabetes. Psychiatr Ann 2015. [DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20150803-04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Increasing awareness of mental illness's impact on medical and psychiatric health has accelerated global efforts to integrate medical and behavioural health services. As the field of integration has advanced, numerous integrated programmes have been implemented. In examining the impact of these programmes, it is important to maintain a standardized vocabulary to describe the various components of their integration. Additionally important is examination of how these programmes impact elements of patient care and the healthcare system. Specifically, what value do they bring? This article will discuss the importance of carefully assessing the value integrated services bring to patients, and questioning whether they do so in ways in which today's segregated world of medical and behavioural health cannot. This article will also explore the various settings in which medical and behavioural integration can bring added value.
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- Heather Huang
- Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, University of Wisconsin , Madison, Wisconsin , USA
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Kishi Y, Kurosawa H, Horikawa N, Hatta K, Meller W. Diagnoses of psychiatric disorders in hypothetical patients by non-psychiatric physicians in Japan. Int J Psychiatry Med 2014; 47:65-74. [PMID: 24956918 DOI: 10.2190/pm.47.1.f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to investigate non-psychiatric physicians' diagnoses of hypothetical patients in clinical scenarios with comorbid medical and psychiatric disease in Japan. METHODS The non-psychiatric physicians were asked to diagnose eight clinical scenarios describing several typical behavioral health problems in the medical settings. RESULTS A total of 155 non-psychiatric physicians participated. Many physicians had problems correctly diagnosing depression and hypoactive delirium with medically ill patients. CONCLUSIONS It is time to incorporate new efficient and effective approaches, such as collaborative care system and proactive delirium prevention programs, to improve overall behavioral health diagnosis and treatment, rather than relying on the rapid recognition of behavioral health problems in primary care/general medical settings.
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- Yasuhiro Kishi
- Nippon Medical School Musashikosugi Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan; Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan; and, Itasca Brain Behavioral Science Associations, Minnesota
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- Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- University of Minnesota, Itasca Brain Behavioral Science Associations, Minnesota
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Madan A, Borckardt JJ, Barth KS, Romagnuolo J, Morgan KA, Adams DB. Interprofessional Collaborative Care Reduces Excess Service Utilization Among Individuals With Chronic Pancreatitis. J Healthc Qual 2013; 35:41-6. [DOI: 10.1111/jhq.12025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Creating Clinical and Economic “Wins” Through Integrated Case Management. Prof Case Manag 2011; 16:290-8; quiz 299-300. [DOI: 10.1097/ncm.0b013e318230ea5b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Excess health care service utilization and costs associated with underrecognition of psychiatric comorbidity in a medical/surgical inpatient setting. Qual Manag Health Care 2011; 20:98-102. [PMID: 21467896 DOI: 10.1097/qmh.0b013e3182134af0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Psychiatric comorbidity is common among chronically medically ill populations and the presence of psychiatric conditions tends to be associated with increased costs and excess utilization of general medical services. The purpose of this pilot investigation was to determine whether differences in nonpsychiatric inpatient hospitalization frequency, duration, and costs existed between patients receiving outpatient psychiatric treatment and patients without identified psychiatric problems. Length of stay and cost information for patients that had at least 1 inpatient medical/surgical hospitalization during a 6-month period was extracted from the hospital's inpatient billing database (n = 10,865). The medical record numbers of these patients were then cross-referenced against the outpatient psychiatry-billing database for the same 6-month period, thereby identifying all patients that had both a nonpsychiatric inpatient hospitalization and an outpatient psychiatry visit (n = 149). Patients identified as having outpatient psychiatry involvement had significantly more nonpsychiatric hospitalizations on average (mean = 1.60) than nonpsychiatric patients (mean = 1.34) during the study period (t4381 = 2.94, P = .003). There was no difference in the total costs associated with these hospitalizations between the 2 groups. Those that had a psychiatry consult during the nonpsychiatric hospitalization had a significantly higher length of stay and costs than those without. Thus, the criteria used to determine whether or not a psychiatry consultation is triggered, and the timing of the consultation request need further study.
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Taking integrated care management to the street: can we find the road to our triple aim? J Ambul Care Manage 2011; 34:192-202. [PMID: 21415617 DOI: 10.1097/jac.0b013e31820f654b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hudson Health Plan, through a Chronic Illness Demonstration Project, is investigating the value that integrated behavioral and medical health case management brings to stakeholders of a comprehensive assessment and patient assistance program. The New York State Department of Health funds the pilot program dubbed the Westchester Cares Action Program. Hudson Health Plan and its behavioral health vendor, Beacon Health Strategies, are engaged in a 3-year study aimed at improving quality of life and health outcomes while reducing costs for 250 of New York State's highest utilizing, most costly "fee-for service" patients. This article describes the program, the team, and the tools that the program uses. It also discusses the challenges, successes, and lessons learned during its first 15 months of operation.
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Sansone RA, Sansone LA. Psychiatric disorders: a global look at facts and figures. PSYCHIATRY (EDGMONT (PA. : TOWNSHIP)) 2010; 7:16-19. [PMID: 21274391 PMCID: PMC3028462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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According to data from Western countries, psychiatric disorders are relatively prevalent. For example, in the United States general population, data from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication study indicate that about one-quarter of individuals experience a psychiatric disorder in a given year, with lifetime rates at about 50 percent. For both prevalence designations, anxiety disorders are most common. According to data from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders, the 12-month and lifetime-prevalence rates for psychiatric disorders among European general populations are 11.5 and 25.9 percent, respectively, with mood and anxiety disorders evidencing approximately equal rates. As expected, in primary care settings, the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the United States and Europe is high, with point-prevalence rates varying, but affecting approximately 25 to 30 percent of patients. In primary care settings, the most common psychiatric diagnoses are mood and anxiety disorders as well as somatoform disorders. While no global summary of cost of care is available, the high prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders correspond with high expenditures for mental healthcare, as evidenced by a number of sources. Given these latter findings, prevention becomes all the more relevant in terms of cost management.
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- Randy A Sansone
- Dr. R. Sansone is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio, and Director of Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio
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Physician Staffing for the Practice of Psychosomatic Medicine in General Hospitals: A Pilot Study. PSYCHOSOMATICS 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0033-3182(10)70746-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Kathol RG, Kunkel EJS, Weiner JS, McCarron RM, Worley LLM, Yates WR, Summergrad P, Huyse FJ. Psychiatrists for medically complex patients: bringing value at the physical health and mental health/substance-use disorder interface. PSYCHOSOMATICS 2009; 50:93-107. [PMID: 19377017 DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.50.2.93] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND In their current configuration, traditional reactive consultation-liaison services see a small percentage of the general-hospital patients who could benefit from their care. These services are poorly reimbursed and bring limited value in terms of clinical improvement and reduction in health-service use. METHOD The authors examine models of cross-disciplinary, integrated health services that have been shown to promote health and lower cost in medically-complex patients, those with complicated admixtures of physical, mental, social, and health-system difficulties. CONCLUSION Psychiatrists who specialize in the treatment of medically-complex patients must now consider a transition from traditional consultation to proactive, value-added programs and bill for services from medical, rather than behavioral, insurance dollars, since the majority of health-enhancement and cost-savings from these programs occur in the medical sector. The authors provide the clinical and financial arguments for such program-creation and the steps that can be taken as psychiatrists for medically-complex patients move to the next generation of interdisciplinary service.
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- Roger G Kathol
- Dept. of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry, Univ. of Minnesota, USA.
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Specker S, Meller WH, Thurber S. Psychiatric consultation and substance use disorders. SUBSTANCE ABUSE-RESEARCH AND TREATMENT 2009; 3:93-8. [PMID: 24357934 PMCID: PMC3864914 DOI: 10.4137/sart.s3457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Background A substantial number of patients in general hospitals will evince substance abuse problems but a majority is unlikely to be adequately identified in the referral-consultation process. This failure may preclude patients from receiving effective interventions for substance use disorders. Objectives 1. To evaluate all referred patients for possible substance use disorders. 2. To ascertain the degree of convergence between patients referred for chemical problems and the corresponding DSM diagnosis. 3. To compare demographic data for substance abusing patients and referrals not so classified. 4. To evaluate conditions concomitant with substance use disorders. Method Consecutive one-year referrals (524) to consultation-liaison psychiatric services were scrutinized for chemically-related problems by psychiatric consultants. Results Of the referrals, 176 met criteria for substance use disorders (SUD) (57% alcohol; 25% other drugs; 18% both alcohol and other drugs). Persons diagnosed with SUD tended to be younger, male, non-Caucasian, unmarried, and unemployed. They were more likely to be depressed, have liver and other gastrointestinal problems, and to have experienced traumatic events; they also tended to have current financial difficulties. Most were referred for SUD evaluation by personnel in general medicine and family practice. Following psychiatric consultation, SUD designated patients were referred mainly to substance abuse treatment programs. The only variable related to recommended inpatient versus outpatient services for individuals with SUD was the Global Assessment of Functioning Axis (GAF) with persons having lower estimated functioning more likely to be referred for inpatient interventions. Conclusions These data are similar to the results of past studies in this area. Unlike previous investigations in the domain of consultative-liaison psychiatry, financial stressors and specific consultant recommendations were included in data gathering. Although the results are encouraging in that individuals with SUD were identified and potentially sent for appropriate treatment, the likelihood is that many patients with SUD remain unrecognized and do not receive necessary consultative and treatment services.
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- Sheila Specker
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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The current study demonstrates the use of item response theory (IRT) to conduct measurement invariance analyses in careers research. A self-report survey was used to assess the importance 1,363 fourth-year medical students placed on opportunities to provide comprehensive patient care when choosing a career specialty. IRT analyses supported measurement invariance across gender. Additional analyses indicated that compared with men, women placed significantly greater importance on opportunities to provide comprehensive patient care. This in turn predicted career choice, with women being more likely than men to pursue primary care specialties. This study extends the careers literature both methodologically and substantively. Methodologically, this study exemplifies how and why to use IRT to assess measurement invariance prior to comparing groups on career-related attitudes. Substantively, this study is the first to demonstrate that the importance placed on comprehensive patient care mediates the effect of gender on intentions to pursue primary care specialties.
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Ekong JI. The role of a behavioral health medical director in medicaid managed care. Psychiatr Q 2008; 79:33-42. [PMID: 18219577 DOI: 10.1007/s11126-007-9065-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2007] [Accepted: 12/18/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Juliana I Ekong
- Psychiatry - Psychiatric Education, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
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Kathol RG, Melek S, Bair B, Sargent S. Financing mental health and substance use disorder care within physical health: a look to the future. Psychiatr Clin North Am 2008; 31:11-25. [PMID: 18295035 DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2007.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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After sharing several case examples of health care for patients who have mental health/substance use disorders (MH/SUDs) in the current health care environment, this article describes the advantages that would occur if assessment and treatment of MH/SUDs became a clinical, administrative, and financial part of physical health with common provider networks, the ability to combine service locations (integrated clinics and inpatient units), similar coding and billing procedures, and a single funding pool. Because transition to such a system is complicated, the article then describes several process changes that would be required for integrated service delivery to take place.
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- Roger G Kathol
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware Street SE, MMC 194, Suite 14-106 Phillips-Wangensteen Building, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Latour CHM, Huyse FJ, de Vos R, Stalman WAB. A method to provide integrated care for complex medically ill patients: The INTERMED. Nurs Health Sci 2007; 9:150-7. [PMID: 17470190 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00292.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A growing number of nursing subspecializations have been developed in recent decades. Topics of concern are that care is not tailored to cope with the growing number of patients with more than one chronic disease, there is an increase in co-ordination problems in the care that is provided for this group of complex patients, and the care for these complex patients is extremely fragmented. The assessment of health risks resulting in co-ordinated care with effective communication is vital for multimorbid patients. Our aim is to describe a systematic approach (the INTERMED [IM] method) to identify complex patients who are in need of integrated care and its applicability to the nursing process. We demonstrate the ability of the IM method to quantify, weigh, and classify the complexity of problems. The method is applied in Europe and will be started in the USA in a pharmacy program. The IM is presented as a decision-support system for multidisciplinary teams with nurse co-ordinators.
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- Cornelia H M Latour
- Psychiatric Consultation and Liaison Service, Vrije University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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Latour CHM, Bosmans JE, van Tulder MW, de Vos R, Huyse FJ, de Jonge P, van Gemert LAM, Stalman WAB. Cost-effectiveness of a nurse-led case management intervention in general medical outpatients compared with usual care: an economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial. J Psychosom Res 2007; 62:363-70. [PMID: 17324688 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2005] [Revised: 10/23/2006] [Accepted: 10/24/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a nurse-led, home-based, case-management intervention (NHI) after hospital discharge in addition to usual care. METHODS Economic evaluation alongside a randomized controlled trial after being discharged home with 24 weeks of follow-up. Patients discharged to their home from a general hospital were randomly assigned to NHI or usual care. Clinical outcomes were frequency of emergency readmissions, quality of life, and psychological functioning. Direct costs were measured by means of cost diaries kept by the patients and information obtained from the patients' pharmacists. RESULTS A total of 208 patients were randomized, 61 patients dropped out, and 26 had incomplete data, leaving a total of 121 patients included in the final analysis. There were no statistically significant differences in emergency readmissions, quality of life, and psychological functioning. There was a substantial difference in total costs between the NHI group and the control group (4286 Euro; 95% CI, -41; 8026), but this difference was not statistically significant. CONCLUSION NHI is not a cost-effective intervention. We do not recommend the implementation of this intervention in populations that do not consist of severely vulnerable and complex patients. Future studies should include complexity assessment on inclusion and evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of this intervention in patients with more complex profiles.
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- Corine H M Latour
- Psychiatric Consultation and Liaison Service, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Stiefel FC, Huyse FJ, Söllner W, Slaets JPJ, Lyons JS, Latour CHM, van der Wal N, de Jonge P. Operationalizing integrated care on a clinical level: the INTERMED project. Med Clin North Am 2006; 90:713-58. [PMID: 16843771 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2006.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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During the last 10 years the INTERMED method has been developed as a generic method for the assessment of bio-psychosocial health risks and health needs and for planning of integrated treatment. The INTERMED has been conceptualized to counteract divisions and fragmentation of medical care. Designed to enhance the communication between patients and the health providers as well as between different professions and disciplines, the INTERMED is a visualized, action-oriented decision-support tool. This article presents various aspects of the INTERMED, such as its relevance, description, scoring, the related patient interview and treatment planning, scientific evaluation, implementation, and support for the method.
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- Friedrich C Stiefel
- Service de Psychiatrie de Liaison, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Rue du Bugnon 44, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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The data that were reviewed in this article documented that in health systems, which manage behavioral health disorders independently from general medical disorders, the estimated 10% to 30% of patients with behavioral health service needs can expect (1) poor access or barriers to medical or mental health care; (2) when services are available, most provided will not meet minimum standards for expected outcome change; and (3) as a consequence of (1) and (2), medical and behavioral disorders will be more persistent with increased complications, will be associated with greater disability, and will lead to higher total health care and disability costs than will treatment of patients who do not have behavioral health disorders. This article proposes that these health system deficiencies will persist unless behavioral health services become an integral part of medical care (ie, integrated). By doing so, it creates a win-win situation for virtually all parties involved. Complex patients will receive coordinated general medical and behavioral health care that leads to improved outcomes. Clinicians and the hospitals that support integrated programs will be less encumbered by cross-disciplinary roadblocks as they deliver services that augment patient outcomes. Health plans (insurers) will be able to decrease administrative and claims costs because the complex patients who generate more than 80% of service use will have less complicated claims adjudication and better clinical outcomes. As a result, purchaser premiums, whether government programs, employers, or individuals, will decrease and the impact on national budgets will improve. Ongoing research will be important to assure that application of the best clinical and administrative practices are used to achieve these outcomes.
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- Roger Kathol
- Cartesian Solutions, Inc., 3004 Foxpoint Road, Burnsville, MN 55337, USA.
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Kishi Y, Kathol RG, McAlpine DD, Meller WH, Richards SW. What should non-US behavioral health systems learn from the USA?: US behavior health services trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2006; 60:261-70. [PMID: 16732740 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01500.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Several countries, such as the USA, inadvertently created a different behavioral health payment system from the rest of medicine through the introduction of diagnostic-related group exemptions for psychiatric care. This led to isolation in the administration and delivery of care for patients with mental health and substance abuse disorders from other medical services with significant, yet unintended, consequences. To insure an efficient and effective health-care system, it is necessary to recognize the problems introduced by segregating behavioral health from the rest of medical care. In this review, the authors assess trends in behavioral health services during the last two decades in the USA, a period in which independently managed behavioral health care has dominated administrative practices. During this time, behavioral health has been an easy target for aggressive cost cutting measures. There have been no clinically significant improvements in the number of adults receiving minimally adequate treatment or in the percentage of the population with behavior health problems receiving psychiatric care with the possible exception of depression. While decreased spending for behavioral health services has been well documented during this period, these savings are offset by costs shifted to greater medical service use with a net increase in the total cost of health care. Targeting behavioral health for reduction in health-care spending through independent management, starting with diagnostic procedure code or diagnostic-related group exemption may not be the wisest approach in addressing the increasing fiscal burden that medical care is placing on the national economy.
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- Yasuhiro Kishi
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA.
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Willenbring ML. Integrating care for patients with infectious, psychiatric, and substance use disorders: concepts and approaches. AIDS 2005; 19 Suppl 3:S227-37. [PMID: 16251823 DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000192094.84624.c2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Patients with chronic viral infections such as HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C often have multiple co-existing problems such as psychiatric and addictive disorders, as well as social problems such as lack of housing, transportation and income that present challenging obstacles to successful management. Because services for these different problems are usually provided by different disciplines in varying locations, fragmentation of care can lead to treatment dropouts, lack of adherence, and poor outcomes. Integration strategies, ranging from simple efforts to improve communication and coordinate care to fully integrated multidisciplinary teams have been used to improve disease management. Although evidence for effectiveness is comprised primarily of observational studies of demonstration programmes, integration may be desirable on a pragmatic basis alone. Quality improvement strategies are attractive vehicles for implementing care integration and measuring its impact. Careful assessment of the problem to be solved and the development of targeted strategies will maximize chances of a successful outcome.
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- Mark L Willenbring
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD 20892-9304, USA.
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Kathol RG, Clarke D. Rethinking the place of the psyche in health: toward the integration of health care systems. Aust N Z J Psychiatry 2005; 39:816-25. [PMID: 16168040 DOI: 10.1080/j.1440-1614.2005.01687.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To review the value provided when health care systems independently manage medical and psychiatric care. METHOD The authors draw on data from the world literature, their own experiences and reflections (one author as an international consultant in the coordination of physical and behavioural health care), and input from colleagues throughout the world who face similar challenges to improve outcomes for complex, high cost patients in their own health care systems. RESULTS Most health care systems in the world approach the administration and delivery of mental health care separately from that of general medical care. This practice is no longer supported as effective, efficient or inexpensive. Rather accumulating data indicates that concurrent and coordinated medical and psychiatric care, which can only be accomplished by integrating physical and behavioural health through infrastructure change, should replace the present system of independently provided sequential care; that is, one which provides first medical and then psychiatric treatment, or vice versa, with little communication between clinicians in the two sectors. CONCLUSIONS By making mental health treatment an integral part of general medical care through reorganization of the funding system, a higher percentage of those now untreated for their psychiatric disorders, both within and outside of the medical setting, can have their mental health needs addressed in coordination with their physical disorders. At the same time, the number of patients that can be treated within the same budget will be expanded.
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- Roger G Kathol
- Department of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Burnsville, Minneapolis, MN 55337, USA.
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