Effects of a mental health carve-out on use, costs, and payers: A four- year study

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 381-389

  Grazier, Kyle L ^a   Eselius, Laura L ^b   Hu, Teh Wei ^c   Shore, Karen K ^d   G'Sell, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Reden and Anders Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MANAGED CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032711247     PISSN: 10943412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02287299     Document Type: Article

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