Relative success of state-managed behavioral health care: Does the financing structure play any role?

Journal of Health Care Finance

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 27-40

  Okunade, Albert A ^a,b   Chang, Cyril F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b Bd Directors Christ Comm Med C   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral health services; Hawaii; Managed mental health care; Massachusetts; Tennessee

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HAWAII; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATE HEALTH PLANS; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031917608     PISSN: 10786767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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