Provider choice and use of mental health care: Implications for gatekeeper models

Health Services Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5 I, 1998, Pages 1263-1284

  Holmes, Ann M ^a   Deb, Partha ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Episodic demand model; Mental health services; Multinomial probit models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COST SHARING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032436643     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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