Funding mechanisms for depression care management: opportunities and challenges

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 278-288

  Bachman, John ^a   Pincus, Harold Alan ^b   Houtsinger, Jeanie Knox ^a   Unützer, Jürgen ^c  

^a Depression in Primary Care: Linking Clinical and Systems Strategies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Care management; Depression; Reimbursement

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; REIMBURSEMENT;

CAPITATION FEE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; INSURANCE, PSYCHIATRIC; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745282397     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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