Impact of Medicaid managed care on child and adolescent emergency mental health screening in Massachusetts

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1344-1350

  Nicholson, Joanne ^a   Young, Stephen Dine ^a   Simon, Lorna ^a   Bateman, Anne ^b,c   Fisher, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Emergency Mental Health Services

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029854085     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.47.12.1344     Document Type: Article

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