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Am J Psychiatry
; 136(2): 201-4, 1979 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-367181
ABSTRACT
Political forces motivated the New York State Department of Health to withhold payment for Medicaid-financed inpatients on therapeutic passes. The elimination of therapeutic passes had many negative effects on patient care. The authors believe this experience demonstrates that political factors can overwhelm standard clinical practice and reasoned health planning to force irrational change on health care delivery.