Shifting to outpatient care? Mental health care use and cost under private insurance

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1250-1257

  Leslie, Douglas L ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert ^a  

^a VA Healthcare Systems Connecticut   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MANAGED CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE MANAGEMENT; DATABASES; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0032818445     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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