Children's Access to Mental Health Care: Does Insurance Matter?

Health Affairs

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 167-174

  Glied, Sherry ^a   Hoven, Christina W ^c   Moore, Robert E ^c   Garrett, A Bowen ^b   Regier, Darrel A ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CONNECTICUT; GEORGIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, PSYCHIATRIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW YORK; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347169669     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.16.1.167     Document Type: Article

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