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While to behavioral health professionals the reason for proving that our work makes a difference may seem inherently obvious, there really is a fundamental question very close to the surface when it comes to efforts to explore quality improvement in healthcare, “when is the juice worth the squeeze?” More directly stated, is the cost of an improved practice really offset by reduced costs of future care?
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Dyer, R.L. (2016). The Business Case for Quality Improvement in Behavioral Healthcare. In: O'Donohue, W., Maragakis, A. (eds) Quality Improvement in Behavioral Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26209-3_7
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