Nurse-Managed Clinics: Barriers and Benefits Toward Financial Sustainability when Integrating Primay Care and Mental Health.

نویسنده

  • Linda T Ely
چکیده

Nurse-managed, integrated clinics offer access, affordability, and quality to the health care environment. The integration of mental health and primary care is a holistic, comprehensive model that addresses the complicated needs of those with mental illness. As nurses increase their education in leadership, financial management, and business, there is a correlating increase in the number of nurse-managed clinics. More research is needed to determine the financial structures that benefit sustainability of nurse-managed, integrated clinics. However, in an integrated review of the literature between 2000 and 2012, the data indicate nurse-managed health centers receive less federal financial support than the medically modeled federally qualified health center.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Nursing economic$

دوره 33 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015