Peering into the 'black box': Measuring outcomes of managed care

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 870-877

  Pincus, Harold Alan ^a   Zarin, Deborah A ^a   West, Joyce C ^a  

^a AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029859255     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830100016003     Document Type: Review

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