A political history of federal mental health and addiction insurance parity

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 404-433

  Barry, Colleen L ^a   Huskamp, Haiden A ^a   Goldman, Howard H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

addiction; insurance; mental health; Parity

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; ELECTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH DISPARITY; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENTAL HEALTH; POLITICS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957244182     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2010.00605.x     Document Type: Review

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