HOW PSYCHOLOGICAL-TESTING CAN REINSTATE ITS VALUE IN AN ERA OF COST-CONTAINMENT

Authors
MORELAND KL
Citation
Kl. Moreland, HOW PSYCHOLOGICAL-TESTING CAN REINSTATE ITS VALUE IN AN ERA OF COST-CONTAINMENT, Behavioral healthcare tomorrow, 5(1), 1996, pp. 59-61
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical","Heath Policy & Services
Journal title
Behavioral healthcare tomorrow → ACNP
ISSN journal
10638490
Volume
5
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
59 - 61
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-8490(1996)5:1<59:HPCRIV>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Managed care method, and the cost containment concerns from which they arose, have dramatically reduced the use of psychological testing dra matically. This article critiques that trend and proposes how selected tests ran be used cost-effectively in specific situations. The author has conducted research and written extensively on this subject, inclu ding a chapter in ''The Computerization of Behavioral Healthcare: How to Enhance Clinical Practice, Management and Communications.''