A Casemix for Mental Health Services: The Development of the Mental Health and Substance abuse Components of the Australian National Diagnosis-Related Groups

Abstract

A casemix dialect based on clinical diagnosis, which describes mental health and substance abuse problems in terms which should be familiar to clinicians, has been developed. Its applications and limitations are briefly discussed.

Compiling a Caseload Index for Mental Health Case Management

“…This is a related task to that undertaken by the psychiatry subgroup of the Australian National DRG project [17]. This is a related task to that undertaken by the psychiatry subgroup of the Australian National DRG project [17].…”

“…Regional funding of psychiatric services is increasingly based on measurable parameters within the population [17,18]. Insofar as caseload is relevant to case manager role performance, it is also relevant to budget and funding issues.…”

Compiling a caseload index for mental health case management

“…What is therefore required is better empirical evidence as to the possibility of estimating the lifetime expected response demand for a given client. This is a related task to that undertaken by the psychiatry subgroup of the Australian National DRG project [17].…”

“…Insofar as caseload is relevant to case manager role performance, it is also relevant to budget and funding issues. Regional funding of psychiatric services is increasingly based on measurable parameters within the population [17,18]. However epidemiological data is meaningful with respect to service provision only if it is possible to also quantify the service response characteristics of the workforce.…”

Los GRDs Psiquiátricos: Una investigación pendiente

“…Boot et al (1997) defienden la adicción de escalas de discapacidad a los DRGs con el fin de poder incluso predecir los días de estancia que determinada patología requerirá. …”