[PC-BH-Integration] cost-effectiveness of integrated care

[Deborah Rattle]

Good afternoon, Dr. Blount,

I work for a large community mental health/substance abuse center in Louisville, KY.  We are in the process of working w/ a rural primary health care center (Seven Counties Services, Inc.) to submit a funding request for integrating behavioral/physical health care services and substance abuse services at the PHC center.  I noticed your mention of an article you wrote re: the costs of such endeavors and wonder if you could send me a copy.  It will be greatly appreciated.  My mailing address is:  
                              Deborah Rattle, MSSW, CSW
                              c/o 10515 Eagle Pines Lane 
                              Louisville, KY 40223-6155
Thanking you in advance.
>>> BlountA at ummhc.org 10/29/04 02:38PM >>>
I would be happy to send you a copy of an article I wrote. It cites cost
studies in addition to many other outcomes.  Blount, A. (2003). Integrated
Primary Care: Organizing the Evidence. Families, Systems & Health, Vol. 21,
121-133. I tried attaching it, but it is too big for a list posting. Also
see Nicholas A. Cummings, et al. Impact of Medical Cost Offset on Practice
and Research.  It is on Amazon.

Alexander Blount, EdD
Professor of Clinical Family Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Director of Behavioral Science
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
55 Lake Avenue, North
Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
O. 508 856-2147   F. 508 856-1212
blounta at ummhc.org 
www.integratedprimarycare.com/blount.htm 

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[mailto:pc-bh-integration-bounces at lists101.his.com]On Behalf Of Elaine
Alfano
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 1:52 PM
To: pc-bh-integration at nccbh.net 
Subject: [PC-BH-Integration] cost-effectiveness of integrated care


I attended the Oct. 25-27 Closing the Gap summit in DC.  I noted that a
number of participants were looking for info about the cost-effectiveness of
integrated care.  I know there are a number of good acticles out there that
touch on this issue, but does anybody know of a lit review of the topic or
can you recommend an article that is particularly good at pulling together
the research and presenting the economic case for integrated care?

Thank you.

Elaine Alfano
Policy Analyst
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
1101 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202.467.5730
202.223.0409 (fax)
elaine at bazelon.org 


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