Financial incentives and psychiatric services in Australia: An empirical analysis of three policy changes

Health Economics, Policy and Law

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-22

  Doessel, Darrel P ^a,b   Scheurer, Roman W ^a   Chant, David C ^a,b   Whiteford, Harvey ^a,b  

^a Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE;

AUSTRALIA; FEES AND CHARGES; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; PSYCHIATRY; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE;

EID: 54749095134     PISSN: 17441331     EISSN: 1744134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744133106006244     Document Type: Article

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