Prepaid Psychiatric Care Experience with UAW Members

MELVIN A. GLASSER and THOMAS DUGGANAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126, Number 5

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.5.675

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This first report on the landmark UAW psychiatric benefit program, stressing outpatient care, reveals that the program appears to be economically viable. During the first year of the outpatient benefit there was a utilization rate by Michigan UA W members of 6.4 per 1,000 eligible persons; the average number of visits was 8.5, and paid claim averaged $136. However, an expected decrease in in-hospital utilization did not occur.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 126 • Number 5 • November 1969

Pages: 675 - 681

PubMed: 5352621

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Published in print: November 1969

Published online: 1 April 2006

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MELVIN A. GLASSER

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THOMAS DUGGAN

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Director, social security department, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers, Solidarity House, 8000 East Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich. 48214

Senior research consultant, Michigan Health and Social Security Research Institute, Detroit, Mich.

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Prepaid Psychiatric Care Experience with UAW Members

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