Differences between generalists and mental health specialists in the psychiatric treatment of medicare beneficiaries

Health Services Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 737-760

  Ettner, Susan L ^a   Hermann, Richard C ^a   Tang, Hua ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Medicare; Mental health services; Provider specialty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032816771     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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