Evaluation of a Maryland fiscal incentive plan for placing state hospital patients in nursing homes.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
In Maryland a six-month fiscal incentive to promote nursing homes' acceptance of chronic patients discharged from state psychiatric hospitals was evaluated after one year. During the fiscal year of the incentive program, such placements (N = 182) increased an average of 38 percent from previous years. Of 163 patients whose placements were evaluated, 22 were returned to the state hospital during the six-month period that the incentive was in place. Ten of the 22 were returned within 30 days of placement. Contrary to expectation, the return rate did not rise after the incentive was discontinued; four patients were returned during the second six months of the study period. Most returns during the first six months were due to patients' physical and verbal threats. The results supported the use of short-term fiscal incentives and emphasized the importance of intensive supportive interventions with chronic mentally ill patients early in the nursing home placement.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Burns, BJ; Taube, JE; Permutt, T; Rudin, SC; Mulcare, ME; Harbin, HT; Goldman, HH
Published Date
- December 1991
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 42 / 12
Start / End Page
- 1228 - 1233
PubMed ID
- 1810860
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0022-1597
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1176/ps.42.12.1228
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States