PMID: 9630126Jun 18, 1998Paper

Do treatment restrictions imposed by utilization management increase the likelihood of readmission for psychiatric patients?

Medical Care
T M Wickizer, D Lessler

Abstract

The use of utilization management as a cost-containment strategy has led to debate and controversy within the field of mental health. Little is currently known about how this cost-containment approach affects patient care or quality. The aim of this investigation was to determine whether treatment restrictions imposed on privately insured psychiatric patients by a utilization management program affected the likelihood of readmission. The utilization management program included three review activities: preadmission certification, concurrent review, and case management. During a 5-year period (1989-1993), 3,073 inpatient reviews were performed on 2,443 privately insured psychiatric patients. Using logistic regression, restrictions imposed by utilization management on length-of-stay in relation to 60-day readmission rates were investigated. The most common diagnoses among the psychiatric patients whose care was reviewed were alcohol dependence (22.9%), recurrent depression (22.5%), and single-event depression (20.8%). On average, 22.4 days of inpatient psychiatric treatment was requested through the review procedures, and 15.5 days of care were approved by the utilization management program. Of the 2,443 patients reviewed, 7.9% ha...Continue Reading

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