Insurance and Financing
Insurance and Financing • Mental Health Services and Policy in the Criminal Justice System • Methods and Evaluation • Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes • Policy, Law, History and Professions • Psychosocial Issues • Special Populations • State Health Policy

Studies analyze variations in the organization and financing of health services delivery and their impact on access, utilization, outcomes and costs.

Costs of health care Managed Care

Medicare/Medicaid Pharmacotherapy Prescription drug plans

Current Projects: Advocacy and Managed Mental Health Care Mark Schlesinger, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Benjamin Druss, M.D. Bradford Gray, Ph.D. David Mechanic, Ph.D. Marsha Rosenthal, Ph.D. Nancy Wolff, Ph.D. Diffusion of Innovations Affecting the Treatment of Mental Illness Mark Schlesinger, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Bradford Gray, Ph.D. David Mechanic, Ph.D. Nancy Wolff, Ph.D. Health Care Access, Utilization, and Costs among Medicare Beneficiaries with Psychiatric Conditions Stephen Crystal, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Mark Olfson, M.D., M.P.H. Usha Sambamoorthi, Ph.D. James Walkup, Ph.D. Lynn A. Warner, Ph.D. Mental Health Care Utilization and Costs for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Schizophrenia Stephen Crystal, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Usha Sambamoorthi, Ph.D. James Walkup, Ph.D. Philip T. Yanos, Ph.D. State Pharmacy Assistance Programs: Comparing Four States' Approaches to Addressing Drug Costs for the Elderly Stephen Crystal, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Joel C. Cantor, Sc.D. Susan Reinhard, Ph.D., M.S.N. Mina R. Silberberg, Ph.D. The Impact of Managed Care on the Infrastructure of Community Mental Health Care Mark Schlesinger, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Bradford Gray, Ph.D. Transition to Managed Care for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Children and Adolescents: Effects on Service Delivery and Client Outcomes Philip T. Yanos, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Stephen E. Hansell, Ph.D. Shula Minsky, Ed.D. Mark Rosato, M.D. Gary Rosenthal, M.D.