Privatization of mental health services: the Massachusetts experiment
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The privatization of mental health care in Massachusetts, which the conservative administration of Republican Governor William Weld initiated to control costs by turning state-run services over to the private sector, has raised a number of issues. The policy, which has included both aftercare and inpatient services, has produced unfortunate consequences such as overcrowding. Moreover, privatization is intensifying the struggle for the remaining government support and may actually promote greater centralization despite the intentions of its proponents.
Publication Name: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0361-6878
Year: 1992
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School-based mental health program development: a case study of interorganizational collaboration
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The author provides a case study of a program conducted by the New York City Board of Education and the NYC Department of Mental Health that provided on-site mental health services for public school students. The process of developing the program's inter-organisational collaboration is examined.
Publication Name: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0361-6878
Year: 2000
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From strategy to reality, the enactment of New York's Family Heath Plus program
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Family Health Plus is assessed, the New York program dating from late 1999 which offered fully subsidized health insurance to the state's working poor. The state's cigarette tax and money earned in the national tobacco settlement provided the financing.
Publication Name: Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0361-6878
Year: 2001
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