Preparing for a public sector mental health reform in new Mexico: The experience of agencies serving adults with serious mental Illness

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 264-269

  Semansky, Rafael M ^a,b   Hodgkin, Dominic ^c   Willging, Cathleen E ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid reform; Mental health; Rural; Staffing patterns

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864836074     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-011-9418-5     Document Type: Article

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