Two steps forward, one step back?: Implications of the Supreme Court's health reform ruling for individuals with mental illness

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 567-568

  Golberstein, Ezra ^a   Busch, Susan H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MENTAL DISEASE; POVERTY; SHORT SURVEY; TAX;

EID: 84878645245     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.25     Document Type: Short Survey

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