The effect of parity on expenditures for individuals with severe mental illness

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1634-1652

  McConnell, K John ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health care costs; health care financing insurance premiums; Health economics; mental health; substance abuse: alcohol dependency tobacco

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CYCLOTHYMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING/INSURANCE/PREMIUMS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; MENTAL HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE: ALCOHOL DEPENDENCY/TOBACCO;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884905880     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12058     Document Type: Article

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