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Health Care Delivery Frequent Users of Health Services Initiative. The "frequent users" targeted by this initiative include under- or uninsured people who are homeless; suffer from substance abuse; "have disabilities; have a chronic illness"; and/or have a mental illness with "serious health conditions," according to a June 2003 press release. The five-year, $10 million initiative aims to create "a cost-effective, comprehensive, and coordinated health care delivery system to improve care and reduce inappropriate use of high-cost emergency and [inpatient] services." The initiative hopes to both improve these populations’ health status and reduce costs by "creating better ways" to provide care to them. In its first funding cycle, the initiative . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Mental Health CareNational Alliance for the Mentally Ill of New York City (NAMI-NYC Metro).United Hospital Fund, New York, NY.University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA.University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine.University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, VA.Minority Health CareRAND, Santa Monica, CA.University of South Carolina (USC), Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC.

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