Do Employee Assistance Programs Duplicate with Services Offered Through Mental Health Benefit Plans?

Compensation and Benefits Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-74

  Sharar, David A ^a  

^a CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

EAP affiliates; EAP network; Employee Assistance Program (EAP); mental health benefits; providers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952233942     PISSN: 08863687     EISSN: 15523837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886368708325389     Document Type: Article

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