Mental health services reform in Japan

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 208-215

  Ito, Hiroto ^a   Sederer, Lloyd I ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN RIGHTS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST CONTROL; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEE SCHEDULES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS;

EID: 0032705271     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hrp/7.4.208     Document Type: Review

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