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The inevitability of outcomes.

Addiction & Recovery

| July 01, 1993 | Naditch, Murray P. | COPYRIGHT 1993 Vendome Group LLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

A hundred thousand Americans lose their health insurance every month. The cost of health care consumes a huge portion of the gross national product and slows down the economy. We attempt to lower behavioral healthcare costs by reducing eligibility, inpatient treatment, length of service, and access to specific treatments, without measuring the impacts of those reductions on the clinical effectiveness of our treatment - a procedure akin to performing neurosurgery blindfolded. In view of all this, healthcare reform has taken on the aura of inevitability.

What role will outcome measurement have in the healthcare reform plan proposed by the Clinton Administration? It ...

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