Ambulatory Mental Health Treatment under Universal Coverage: Policy Insights from Israel

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-260

  Feinson, Marjorie C ^a   Lerner, Yaacov ^a   Levinson, Daphna ^a   Popper, Miriam ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; ISRAEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 0030631627     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00053     Document Type: Article

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