Mental disorders and access to medical care in the united states

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1775-1777

  Druss, Benjamin G ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031765057     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.12.1775     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Etheridge L, Junes SB, Lewin L: What is driving health system change? Health Affairs 1996; 15:93-101
2. Miller RH, Luft HS: Managed care plan performance since 1980. JAMA 1994; 271:1512-1519
3. Berk ML, Schur CL, Cantor JC: Ability to obtain health care: recent estimates from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Access to Care Survey. Health Affairs 1995; 14:139-146
4. Mark T, Mueller C: Access to care in HMOs and traditional insurance plans. Health Affairs 1996; 15:81-87
5. National Center for Health Statistics: 1994 National Health Interview Survey: CD-ROM Series 10, Number 9: SETS Version 1.21a. Washington, DC, US Government Printing Office, 1994
6. Milunpalo S, Vuori I, Oja P, Pasanen M, Urponen H: Self-rated health status as a health measure: the predictive value of self-reported health status on the use of physician services and on mortality in the working-age population. J Clin Epidemiol 1997; 50:517-528
7. Hornbrook MC, Goodman MJ: Chronic disease, functional health status, and demographics: a multidimensional approach to risk adjustment. Health Serv Res 1996; 31:283-307
8. Aday LA, Andersen R: Development of Indices of Access to Medical Care. Ann Arbor, Mich, Health Administration Press, 1975
9. Penchansky R, Thomas JW: The concept of access: definition and relationship to consumer satisfaction. Med Care 1981; 19:127-140
10. Druss BG, Allen HM Jr, Bruce ML: Physical health, depressive symptoms, and managed care enrollment. Am J Psychiatry 1998; 155:878-882
11. Jensen GA, Morrisey MA, Gaffney S, Liston DK: The new dominance of managed care: insurance trends in the 1990s. Health Affairs 1997; 16:125-136
12. Atchinson BK, Fox DM: The politics of the health insurance portability and accountability act. Health Affairs 1997; 16: 146-150
13. Kuttner R: The Kassebaum-Kennedy bill - the limits of incrementalism. N Engl J Med 1997; 337:64-67
14. Norquist G, Wells K: Mental health needs of the uninsured. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1991; 48:475-478
15. Starfield B: Access - perceived or real, and to what? JAMA 1995; 274:346-347
16. American Psychiatric Association Division of Government Relations: The Domenici-Wellstone Mental Illness Parity Provision: What the New Law Will and Will Not Do. Washington, DC, APA, 1997
17. National Committee for Quality Assurance: HEDIS 3.0: Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set. Washington, DC, National Committee for Quality Assurance, 1996
18. Aday LA, Andersen RM: Equity of access to medical care: a conceptual and empirical overview. Med Care 1981; 19:4-27