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Building a capitated public mental health service for seriously mentally ill adults: The Baltimore experience

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This article describes the development of Baltimore Mental Health System's demonstration project which provides capitated services to seriously mentally ill adults. Observations about the impact of recent changes on the delivery of local government managed mental health services are also made.

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  1. Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc., 201 E. Baltimore St., Suite 1340, 21202, Baltimore, MD

    Deborah Agus J.D. (Counsel and Director of Policy and Planning) & Stephen T. Baron L.C.S.W. (President)

  2. Bay Area Foundation for Human Resources, San Francisco

    Stephen R. Blum Ph.D. (Vice President, Professor)

  3. California School of Professional Psychology in Berkeley and Alameda, CA

    Stephen R. Blum Ph.D. (Vice President, Professor)

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  1. Deborah Agus J.D.
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Agus, D., Blum, S.R. & Baron, S.T. Building a capitated public mental health service for seriously mentally ill adults: The Baltimore experience. Adm Policy Ment Health 22, 261–271 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02106882

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