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Managed Care Services: Policy, Programs, and Research

Author: Nancy W W Veeder

Managed Care Services explores the complexities of managed health and behavioral health care systems in relation to policy, program, and research issues. It focuses on the dramatic consequences of the transformation of health care delivery from an essential social good to a commodity totally dependent on the marketplace. The book begins with a foreword by James J. Callahan Jr., a leading authority in the field, and includes an interdisciplinary group of authors who address multiple fields of practice. A common theme throughout the book is the inadequacy of service for such high-risk groups as children, the elderly, the mentally ill, the disabled, the chronically ill, substance abusers, and minorities of color. These at-risk groups include, but are not limited to, the vast numbers of un- and underinsured people in the United States. Specific topics covered in the book include cost of access to care; parity of behavioral health care services reimbursement; health services utilization patterns; education of health care professionals and professional autonomy; care management; and ethical issues arising from the structure of managed care administrative and organizational systems. The importance of research, especially program outcome assessments, is also emphasized. Managed Care Services provide a broad overview of "macro" managed care issues and is an invaluable resource for students and professionals interested in the intersection of social work and health care.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Contributors
	Introduction: Managed Health and Behavioral Health Care Services Delivery: A Complex, Interrelated System of Policies, Programs, and Research	1
Pt. 1	The Context of Human Service Practice in Managed Care Environments	11
1	The Macroeconomic Impact of Managed Care	15
2	Biotechnology and Managed Care: Effects on Health Care Cost, Clinical Practice, and Education of Health Care Professionals	31
3	The Intersection of Free-for-Service, Managed Health Care, and Cultural Competence: Implications for National Health Care Policy and Services to People of Color	50
4	Ethics and Managed Care Policy	74
5	System Care Management: Purpose, Structure, and Function	97
Pt. 2	Managed Care: Services Delivery Domains for Special Needs and At-Risk Populations	117
6	Managed Care and Child Welfare Practitioner Training Needs	121
7	Managed Care and Care Management for Older Adults	150
8	Managed Care and the Ecological Perspective: Meeting the Needs of Older Adults in the Twenty-First Century	163
9	Outcomes Research for Children and Adolescents: Implications for Children's Mental Health and Managed Care	187
10	Facilitating the Enrollment of Elderly and Disabled Persons into Medicaid Managed Care	213
11	Managed Care and the Severely Mentally Ill: Current Issues and Future Challenges	230
12	Research Needs in the Managed Care of Substance-Abusing Patients	243
	Conclusion: Managing the Change in Health and Behavioral Health Care	267
	Managed Care Glossary	272
	Index	275

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Resource Assessment in Forested Landscapes

Author: David D Reed

This book covers forest mensuration—the process of counting, measuring, and estimating the economic value of a stand of trees. This process also involves measuring non-timber, landscape values such as soils, wildlife habitat, and hydrology.

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A text for a graduate or advanced undergraduate course that integrates knowledge gained in specialized courses in different disciplines. Expects students to be participating in field exercises, developing an integrated resource for a specific areas, or working through case studies of environmental assessment. The examples come from Reed and Mroz's own experience in the Upper Great Lakes Region, and demonstrate the degree to which information about resource assessment is region-specific and at least somewhat internally consistent. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.