The quality of medication treatment for mental disorders in the department of veterans affairs and in private-sector plans

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 391-396

  Watkins, Katherine E ^a   Smith, Brad ^c   Akincigil, Ayse ^d,e   Sorbero, Melony E ^a   Paddock, Susan ^a   Woodroffe, Abigail ^c   Huang, Cecilia ^d   Crystal, Stephen ^f,g   Pincus, Harold Alan ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c IMPAQ International LLC   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Rutgers University   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VETERAN; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989822287     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400537     Document Type: Article

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