Improving medicaid health incentives programs: Lessons from substance abuse treatment research

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-89

  Hand, Dennis J ^a   Heil, Sarah H ^a,b   Sigmon, Stacey C ^a,b   Higgins, Stephen T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Health plan implementation; Health planning; Health planning guidelines; Meidcaid; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MOTIVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STATE HEALTH PLANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897470288     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.03.001     Document Type: Note

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