Health plan options at fortune 100 companies: Available coverage for mental health care consumers

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 815-817

  Slade, Eric P ^a   Anderson, Gerard F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

COST SHARING; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, PSYCHIATRIC; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038689152     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.6.815     Document Type: Article

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