Privatizing medicaid-funded mental health services: Trading old political challenges for new ones

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 324-330

  Oliver, Matthew N I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b University of South Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICS;

HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIVATIZATION; STATE HEALTH PLANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037962371     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.72.3.324     Document Type: Article

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