A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes Associated With Provision of Representative Payee Services.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Social Security Administration's Representative Payment Program appoints payees as financial managers for individuals determined incapable of managing their funds. The aim is to afford stability and increase clients' ability to meet health and behavioral priorities. This systematic review examined literature on the effect of representative payee services on identified outcomes.

Methods

A search of academic databases and gray literature was conducted in November 2015 and repeated in December 2017. Included studies had a comparison group; excluded studies examined services other than representative payee. Primary outcomes included substance use, symptoms of mental illness, housing stability, quality of life, and other health-specific outcomes. Secondary outcomes

SUBMITTER: Kinsky SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6675662 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature