Mental health services under Medicare: The influence of economic incentives

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 283-286

  Ettner, Susan L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECT; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031034851     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673229709030555     Document Type: Short Survey

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