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Community Mental Health Centers and other quasi-public authorities are operating within a larger health market characterized by the rapid unfolding of a number of key trends in consumer behavior, provider supply, and financing. Each of these trends, though not readily apparent, is strongly reflected in the specialty mental health sector. Mental health managers are faced with fundamental choices about the direction of their respective organizations and the adequacy of their resources to proceed. Mr. Kipp outlines the market dynamics at issue, describes three basic alternatives, and offers some guidelines for management in charting a course.
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Keynote address delivered to the National Council of Community Mental Health Centers, October 1986. A similar address will be given at the closing banquet of the National Council’s Annual Meeting in June 1987 in Miami.
MICHAEL F. KIPP is president of Signature Health Alliance, a managed care company in Nashville, Tennessee. he is also a frequent consultant and speaker in general management, marketing, and business development.
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Kipp, M.F. New directions for community mental health centers. Journal of Mental Health Administration 14, 26–31 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02828428
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02828428