Bridging the gap between inpatient and outpatient providers using organizational elements of assertive community treatment

Administration and Policy in Mental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-152

  Meisler, Neil ^a   Santos, Alberto B ^a   Rowland, Melisa D ^a   Smith, Suzanne ^a   Molloy, Monica ^a   Tyson, Shannon ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTH CAROLINA; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031408926     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022234904523     Document Type: Article

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