Comprehensive case management in the private sector for patients with severe mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 910-914

  Vallon, Kathryn R ^b   Foti, Mary Ellen G ^b,c   Langman Dorwart, Nancy ^d   Gatti, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Blue Cross Blue Shield M   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CareGroup in Boston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MANAGED CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030829463     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.48.7.910     Document Type: Article

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