TRANSFERRING CLIENTS FROM INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT: Impact on Client Functioning

TRANSFERRING CLIENTS FROM INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT: Impact on Client Functioning

The effects of transferring clients from assertive community treatment to a less intensive (step-down) case management program were examined. Service use decreased significantly after transfer to the step-down program, and no negative effects of transfer on hospital use or client functioning were ev...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1998-04, Vol.68 (2), p.233-245
Hauptverfasser: Salyers, Michelle P, Masterton, Theodore W, Fekete, Dawn M, Picone, Jeffrey J, Bond, Gary R
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Assertive
Assertive Community Treatment
Case management
Case Management - statistics & numerical data
Client Transfer
Community care
Community Mental Health
Community Mental Health Services
Community Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data
Comorbidity
Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
Female
Health Care Utilization
Human
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders
Mental Health Services
Mental hospitals
Mental Illness
Mental Patients
Mentally ill people
Michigan
Middle Aged
Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Care Team
Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data
Patient Transfer - statistics & numerical data
Psychiatric Hospital Admission
Psychiatry
Psychotic Disorders - rehabilitation
Retrospective Studies
Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
Treatment Methods
Treatment Outcomes
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Zusammenfassung:The effects of transferring clients from assertive community treatment to a less intensive (step-down) case management program were examined. Service use decreased significantly after transfer to the step-down program, and no negative effects of transfer on hospital use or client functioning were evident. Critical elements for successful step-down are suggested and discussed.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1037/h0080332