Provider Choice and Continuity for the Treatment of Depression

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 723-734

  Sturm, Roland ^a   Meredith, Lisa S ^a   Wells, Kenneth B ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Depression; Managed care; Mental health; Payment system; Provider switching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREPAID HEALTH PLANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030188328     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199607000-00005     Document Type: Article

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