The impact of integrating mental and general health services on mental health's share of total health care spending in Alberta

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 860-863

  Block, Ray ^a   Slomp, Mel ^a   Patterson, Sandy ^a   Jacobs, Phllip ^b,c   Ohinmaa, Arto E ^b,d   Yim, Rita ^b   Dewa, Carolyn S ^e  

^a Alberta Mental Health Board   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^c Faculty of Medicine and Denistry

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 50149095968     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.8.860     Document Type: Article

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