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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN MEDICAL SETTINGS
卷 26, 期 1, 页码 59-67出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10880-018-9564-9
关键词
Integrated care; Behavioral health; Cost effectiveness; Primary care
资金
- New Directions Behavioral Health organization
This project evaluated the cost effectiveness of integrating behavioral health services into a primary care practice using a prospective, case-control design. New Directions Behavioral Health collaborated with a large Kansas City primary care practice to integrate a licensed psychologist (i.e., behavioral health clinician) into the practice. Patient claims data were examined 21 months prior to and 14 months after the psychologist began providing full-time behavioral health services within the practice. Claims data from patients with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City insurance (BCBSKC) who had at least one encounter with the psychologist (N=239) were compared to control patients (BCBSKC fully insured patients at large) to calculate cost savings. The results demonstrated that integrating behavioral health services into the practice was associated with $860.16 per member per year savings or 10.8% savings in costs for BCBSKC patients. Integrating behavioral health services into primary care may lead to reductions in health care costs.
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