The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Impact on Mental Health Services Demand and Provider Availability

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 327-334

  Pearlman, Shoshannah A ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

community mental health services; health care reform; health services; primary health care; public policy issues

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888221110     PISSN: 10783903     EISSN: 15325725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078390313511852     Document Type: Article

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