Strategies for Managing Service Delivery in HMOs: An Application to Mental Health Care

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 200-222

  Christianson, Jon B ^a   Wholey, Douglas ^a   Peterson, Maureen Shadle ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031151554     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107755879705400206     Document Type: Article

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