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The evaluation of a children’s mental health managed care demonstration

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This article introduces the Fort Bragg managed care experiment. This study was a 5-year, $80 million effort to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a full continuum of mental health services for children and adolescents. The article describes the development of the Demonstration, the program theory underlying intervention, and how this theory was tested.

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This research was supported by the U.S. Army Health Services Command (DADA 10-89-C-0013) as a subcontract from the North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services; and a grant to Dr. Leonard Bickman (R01MH-46136-01) from the National Institute of Mental Health. This article is part of a special issue that focuses on the Fort Bragg Evaluation. These articles are best understood when read together. The articles are cross-referenced when it is deemed most appropriate.

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Bickman, L. The evaluation of a children’s mental health managed care demonstration. The Journal of Mental Health Administration 23, 7–15 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02518639

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