FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYZING HEALTH-CARE MODELS SERVING ADULTS WITH MENTAL-RETARDATION AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTAL-DISABILITIES

A conceptual framework was presented for describing, comparing, and an alyzing the structure of health care models serving adults with mental retardation/developmental disabilities (MR/DD), This framework, which was drawn from Donabedian's (1980) work on the components of quality of hearth care-structure, process, and outcome-provides a basis for co mparing health service models according to three key domains: measures of access, comprehensiveness, and cost. We used this framework to des cribe three existing programs that use different models to serve this population.