Managed Mental Health Care: Stakeholder Effects and Policy Implications |
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| Authors: | Jan M. Ambrose Helen I. Doerpinghaus |
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| Affiliation: | Jan Ambrose is assistant professor of finance, risk management, and insurance at LaSalle University, Philadelphia;Helen Doerpinghaus is associate professor of insurance at the University of South Carolina, Columbia |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT: During the past several years, healthcare delivery in the United States has shifted from a primarily fee-for-service system toward managed care. Mental health care has been affected disproportionately by this trend. The existing literature on managed mental health care is abundant, but narrowly focused. The purpose of this study is to take a broader public-policy approach, considering simultaneously the effects on system stakeholders: patients, providers, employers, insurers, and society. |
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