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“Unbundling” of State Hospital services in the community: The Philadelphia State Hospital story

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This paper describes the organizational, financial, and programmatic changes surrounding the closure of Philadelphia State Hospital, and the conceptual model employed for “unbundling” or disaggregating the state hospital's services into community programs run by private non-profit agencies. The current status of the project is discussed as well as the long-term policy and research questions that remain to be answered.

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  1. Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, USA

    Aileen B. Rothbard Sc.D. & Trevor R. Hadley Ph.D.

  2. Department of Health, City of Philadelphia

    Estelle Richman M.S.

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Rothbard, A.B., Richman, E. & Hadley, T.R. “Unbundling” of State Hospital services in the community: The Philadelphia State Hospital story. Adm Policy Ment Health 24, 391–398 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02042721

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