Local Medicare Policies: A Pathway for Providing Mental Health Services to Older Adults

Psychological Services

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-72

  Kaskie, Brian ^a   Imhof, Sara ^b   Wyatt, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b US Government Accountability Office   (United States)

Author keywords

local policies; Medicare; mental health services; older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949103059     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1541-1559.5.1.60     Document Type: Article

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