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W Fitzpatrick

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Quality and customers: Type 2 change in mental health delivery within health care reform.

The traditional separation of mental health and medical programs is problematic because mental health issues are inseparable from the larger medical system. By contrast, a collaborative primary care model of mental health care, augmented and supported by secondary specialty mental health services, has the potential to optimize quality and cost goals while reinforcing health care reform principles. The flexibility of mental health treatment in this delivery structure provides opportunities to customize services according to patient and purchaser expectations.

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H-2-associated differences in replicated strains of mice divergently selected for body weight.

A random-bred strain (Q) was established and divided into six replicates. Each replicate was divergently selected for 6-week weight (for over 30 generations) and each had an unselected control. We have investigated the H-2 haplotype of individual mice of the 18 selected Q strains to determine whether selection for size had also selected for H-2 or H-2-linked genes. From the results it appeared that only the H2b and H-2q haplotypes were present in the foundation stock. A large number of individuals of the six small sublines were of H-2b haplotype, while the majority of those of the six large sublines were of the H-2q haplotype. Individuals in the six control strains were H-2b, H-2q or both (i.e., H-2 heterozygotes and/or H-2 recombinants). These results suggest that control of body size is associated with H-2 or an H-2-linked gene(s).

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