A brief medical necessity scale for mental disorders: Reliability, validity, and clinical utility

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 412-424

  Roy Byrne, Peter ^a   Russo, Joan ^a   Rabin, Leora ^a   Fuller, Karen ^a   Jaffe, Craig ^a   Ries, Richard ^a   Dagadakis, Christos ^a   Avery, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031752271     PISSN: 10943412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02287511     Document Type: Article

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