The role of managed care and financing in medical practices: How does psychiatry differ from other medical fields?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 427-435

  Sturm, Roland ^a   Ringel, Jeanne S ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Career satisfaction; Financial incentives; Gatekeeping; Managed care; Patient provider relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHIATRIST; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGEON; UNITED STATES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GATEKEEPING; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042329867     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-003-0657-9     Document Type: Article

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