Make or buy: HMOs' contracting arrangements for mental health care

Administration and Policy in Mental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 359-376

  Hodgkin, Dominic ^a   Horgan, Constance M ^a   Garnick, Deborah W ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MANAGED CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CONTRACT SERVICES; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031011877     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02042519     Document Type: Article

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