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Randomized Controlled Trial of Mental Health Self-Directed Care Financing in Texas
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Self-directed care and Services as usual for Mental Illness Persistent. Completed, enrolled 216 participants.
Detailed Summary
Self-directed care (SDC) programs give people with disabilities control over public funds to purchase traditional behavioral health and non-traditional services in order to remain outside of institutional settings. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of this model on participant outcomes, service costs, and user satisfaction among people with serious mental illness.
Study Details
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Interventions
Traditional and non-traditional behavioral health services are chosen from within and outside the public mental health system
Traditional behavioral health services are chosen from along those delivered at the patient's community mental health agency