Social networks and their relationship to mental health service use and expenditures among medicaid beneficiaries

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 689-695

  Kang, Soo Hyang ^a,d   Wallace, Neal T ^b   Hyun, Jenny K ^a   Morris, Anne ^c   Coffman, Janet ^a   Bloom, Joan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Center for Mental Health Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 34249723129     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2007.58.5.689     Document Type: Article

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