Effects on outpatient and emergency mental health care of strict medicaid early periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment enforcement

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1951-1956

  Snowden, Lonnie R ^a   Masland, Mary C ^a   Wallace, Neal T ^b   Evans Cuellar, Allison ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; UNITED STATES; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAID; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OFFICE VISITS; OUTPATIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35748953799     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.094771     Document Type: Article

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