Implementing publicly funded risk contracts with community mental health organizations

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1579-1584

  Young, Alexander S ^a,b,e   Sullivan, Greer ^a,c   Murata, Dennis ^d   Sturm, Roland ^a   Koegel, Paul ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Los Angeles Co Dept Mental Hlth   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031646393     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.12.1579     Document Type: Article

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