Managed care and access to substance abuse treatment services
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Managed care and the quality of substance abuse treatment.
BACKGROUND In the US, the spiraling costs of substance abuse and mental health treatment caused many state Medicaid agencies to adopt managed behavioral health care (MBHC) plans during the 1990s. Although research suggests that these plans have successfully reduced public sector spending, their impact on the quality of substance abuse treatment has not been established. AIMS OF THE STUDY The ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1094-3412,1556-3308
DOI: 10.1007/bf02289805