MHMRA of Harris County - Annual Report FY 2012 2012 | страница 9
Investing in Healthy Minds and a Healthy Community
Make the Smart Investment
Better state funding for MHMRA could make our neighborhoods safer, sick people healthier
and our tax bills lighter. -Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia,Cypress Creek Mirror, Dec. 31, 2012
Adult mental health outpatient services
Continuity of care through MHMRA’s clinics helped consumers
reduce their use of more expensive crisis services. Compared
to the year before beginning treatment, consumers actively
receiving outpatient care reduced their admission rates to crisis
services by:
50%
Harris County Psychiatric
Center (HCPC)
49%
36%
MHMRA Psychiatric
Emergency Services
Harris County
Jail
MHMRA’s ongoing, community-based care is more effective
at preventing future crises, and it is also more cost-efficient.
Compare the average costs of one day of service:
$
$
approximately
$
approximately
21
approximately
500
per day
130
per day
MHMRA Adult
Mental health
outpatient services
per day
Acute
inpatient care
at HCPC
Harris County
Jail
Crisis Intervention Response Teams
7,623 CALLS IN FY 2012
MHMRA’s licensed, master-level clinicians partner with experienced
Houston Police officers and Harris County Sheriff’s deputies certified in crisis
intervention training to respond to calls that may involve people with mental
illness. %