The Impact of Managed Care on Children's Outpatient Treatment: A Comparison Study of Treatment Outcome before and after Managed Care

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-13

  Armbruster, Paula ^a,b   Sukhodolsky, Denis ^a,b   Michalsen, Ravenna ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842269144     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.74.1.5     Document Type: Article

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