The effect of distance to provider on employee response to changes in mental health benefits

Health Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1133-1141

  Lindrooth, Richard C ^a   Lo Sasso, Anthony T ^b   Lurie, Ithai Z ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral health; Corporate health benefits; Employer sponsored health insurance; Provider distance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750162459     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1118     Document Type: Article

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