Insurance, Psychiatric
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Dropout from outpatient mental health care in the United States.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: Although mental health treatment dropout is common, patterns and predictors of dropout are poorly understood. This study explored patterns and predictors of mental health treatment dropout in a nationally representative sample. METHODS: ... Read more...

State variations in the out-of-pocket spending burden for outpatient mental health treatment.

29 Apr 2009 We examine the potential of mental health/substance abuse (MH/SA) parity laws to reduce the out-of-pocket spending burden for outpatient treatment at the state level by exploring cross-state variations and their causes, as well as the provisions of ... Read more...

Hospital psychiatry for the twenty-first century.

29 Apr 2009 Economic policies have shaped the provision of hospital psychiatric care. The main theme of the past fifty years has been the shift from long-stay public hospitals to acute care provided in private settings. States have reduced their costs by ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Insurance, Psychiatric'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Dropout from outpatient mental health care in the United States. 29 Jun 2009
• Evolution in state policy. 29 Apr 2009
• State variations in the out-of-pocket spending burden for outpatient mental health treatment. 29 Apr 2009
• Hospital psychiatry for the twenty-first century. 29 Apr 2009
• Implementing mental health parity: the challenge for health plans. 29 Apr 2009
• After parity--what's next. 29 Apr 2009
• Trends in mental health cost growth: an expanded role for management? 29 Apr 2009
• Better but not best: recent trends in the well-being of the mentally ill. 29 Apr 2009
• Mental health care in America: not yet good enough. 29 Apr 2009
• Beyond parity: primary care physicians' perspectives on access to mental health care. 12 Apr 2009
• [Weig W. Privatization of Lower Saxony community hospitals and its sequelae--insurance carrier change of Lower Saxony hospitals] 6 Apr 2009
• [The public health service in the community psychiatry association] 6 Apr 2009
• [Block-notes. Laboratories: failure of a policy] 9 Feb 2009
• Something new for mental health services: hope. 30 Jan 2009
• [Privatization of regional Lower Saxony hospitals and its sequelae] 13 Jan 2009
• Behavioral modification. With the historic enactment of mental health parity legislation, providers may see themselves freed from treatment limitations. 4 Oct 2008
• Healthcare shunted aside. Economy dominates as Congress prepares for recess. 20 Sep 2008
• Receipt of psychotherapy by adolescents taking antidepressants. 30 Aug 2008
• Shuffling toward parity--bringing mental health care under the umbrella. 8 Jul 2008
• Caring for children with mental disorders: do state parity laws increase access to treatment? 30 May 2008

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Technical information about 'Insurance, Psychiatric'

Definition: Insurance providing benefits to cover part or all of the psychiatric care.

Descriptor UI: D007358

Alternative terms: Insurance, Psychiatric; Insurances, Psychiatric; Psychiatric Insurance; Psychiatric Insurances;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N03.219.521.576.343.658;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: specify geog if possible