Health plan requirements for mental health and substance use screening in primary care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 930-936

  Horgan, Constance M ^a,b   Garnick, Deborah W ^a   Merrick, Elizabeth L ^a   Hoyt, Alex ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mailstop 035 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Health plans; Mental health; Primary care; Screening; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249939644     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0208-2     Document Type: Article

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