The Effect of a Managed Behavioral Health Carve-Out on Quality of Care for Medicaid Patients Diagnosed as Having Schizophrenia

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 442-448

  Busch, Alisa B ^a,c   Frank, Richard G ^a,d   Lehman, Anthony F ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COST CONTROL; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 2442582563     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.61.5.442     Document Type: Article

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