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September 27, 2004
Enhancing the Impact of Mental Health Services: Economic Incentives and Research: The Twelfth NIMH Biennial Research Conference on the Economics of Mental Health
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Dates: 27-28 Sep 2004
This NIMH/NIH-supported conference is convened for presentation and discussion of original technical research papers in mental health economics. Over the past several decades, we have greatly expanded our knowledge base in mental health economics with regard to our understanding of costs, financing, access, and effectiveness of services. More recently, new questions for economic research have arisen out of the work of clinicians and services researchers in defining evidence-based, efficacious treatment and prevention practices.
As the evidence base accumulates, the need for understanding why and under what circumstances cost-effective practices have or have not been adopted becomes more pressing. Mental health economics can play an important role in responding to this need by analyzing the incentives and behaviors of consumers, practitioners, care managers and financing organizations of mental health services. The biennial conference will highlight this important direction for economics research.
