TY - JOUR
KW - Health Care Reform
KW - integrated behavioral health
AU - J. S. Wodarski
A1 - 
AB - Costs and effective management of health care in general, and behavioral health care in particular, have been of primary importance and concern to federal, state, and local governments. With the passage of Health Care Reform (HCR) these concerns will only escalate. Thus, the necessity for the development of innovative, successful, and integrated cost-effective treatments and procedures is evident. The behavioral health care model presented here is proposed to address these needs. The model centers on the composition of effective psychosocial treatment and provides a cost analysis of social work and its services. By defining the problems that need to be addressed in health care management and cost containment, and applying findings of evidence-based studies, this article provides an effective model for health care organizations. It also presents a profile of the behavioral health social worker, defining the requisite abilities for effectiveness in the role and looking at the key impact areas for a behavioral health model. This comprehensive guide will prepare new social workers entering health care organizations as well as provide a valuable reference for existing social workers, academics, and practitioners of behavioral health care.
BT - Social work in public health
C5 - Healthcare Policy; Financing & Sustainability; Education & Workforce
CP - 4
CY - United States
DO - 10.1080/19371918.2011.622243
IS - 4
JF - Social work in public health
N2 - Costs and effective management of health care in general, and behavioral health care in particular, have been of primary importance and concern to federal, state, and local governments. With the passage of Health Care Reform (HCR) these concerns will only escalate. Thus, the necessity for the development of innovative, successful, and integrated cost-effective treatments and procedures is evident. The behavioral health care model presented here is proposed to address these needs. The model centers on the composition of effective psychosocial treatment and provides a cost analysis of social work and its services. By defining the problems that need to be addressed in health care management and cost containment, and applying findings of evidence-based studies, this article provides an effective model for health care organizations. It also presents a profile of the behavioral health social worker, defining the requisite abilities for effectiveness in the role and looking at the key impact areas for a behavioral health model. This comprehensive guide will prepare new social workers entering health care organizations as well as provide a valuable reference for existing social workers, academics, and practitioners of behavioral health care.
PP - United States
PY - 2014
SN - 1937-190X; 1937-190X
SP - 301
EP - 317
EP - 
T1 - The integrated behavioral health service delivery system model
T2 - Social work in public health
TI - The integrated behavioral health service delivery system model
U1 - Healthcare Policy; Financing & Sustainability; Education & Workforce
U2 - 24871769
U3 - 10.1080/19371918.2011.622243
VL - 29
VO - 1937-190X; 1937-190X
Y1 - 2014
ER -