Does type of gatekeeping model affect access to outpatient specialty mental health services?

Health Services Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1 I, 2007, Pages 104-123

  Hodgkin, Dominic ^a   Merrick, Elizabeth L ^a   Horgan, Constance M ^a   Garnick, Deborah W ^a   McLaughlin, Thomas J ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gatekeeping; Mental health; Utilization management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MODEL; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GATEKEEPING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846464238     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00609.x     Document Type: Article

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