Biennial Conference on the Economics of Mental Health (5th). Held in Annapolis,Maryland on June 25-26, 1990

摘要

The National Institute of Mental Health (Mental Health Economics ResearchProgram, Division of Biometry and Applied Sciences, later renamed Division of Applied and Services Research) has sponsored biennial conferences on the economics of mental health designed to provide a forum for policy-relevant economics on the mental health service system. The fifth biennial conference was held on June 25-26, 1990 at Annapolis, Maryland. The conference provided an opportunity for leading economists and related researchers in mental health economics to present their recent empirical studies in four major areas: (1) Financing public mental health services for the severely mentally ill; (2) Social cost of mental illness; (3) Insurance benefit design/payment methods; and (4) Alternative delivery systems/capitation.