Managing the care of schizophrenia: Lessons from a 4-year Massachusetts Medicaid study

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 945-952

  Dickey, Barbara ^a,b,c   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^b,d   Norton, Edward C ^e   Azeni, Hocine ^c   Fisher, William ^f   Altaffer, Frederic ^f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Mentor Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0029858978     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830100095012     Document Type: Article

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