Integrated employee assistance program/managed behavioral health care benefits: Relationship with access and client characteristics

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 416-423

  Levy Merrick, Elizabeth S ^a   Hodgkin, Dominic ^a   Horgan, Constance M ^a   Hiatt, Deirdre ^b   McCann, Bernard ^a   Azzone, Vanessa ^c   Zolotusky, Galina ^a   Ritter, Grant ^a   Reif, Sharon ^a   McGuire, Thomas G ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MHN   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Employee assistance programs; Managed care; Mental health services; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449531471     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-009-0232-0     Document Type: Article

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