Characteristics of practitioners in a private managed behavioral health plan
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Characteristics of practitioners in a private managed behavioral health plan
BACKGROUND Little is known about the practitioners in managed behavioral healthcare organization (MBHO) networks who are treating mental and substance use disorders among privately insured patients in the United States. It is likely that the role of the private sector in treating behavioral health will increase due to the recent implementation of federal parity legislation and the inclusion of ...
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This study was funded by a grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS (Grant # CSUR00003-03). The opinions and conclusions expressed in the paper are the authors' and no endorsement by the University of Southern Maine or the funding source is intended or should be inferred.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-283