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Insurance coverage and other factors affecting utilization of inpatient psychiatric services

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The effect health insurance has on the length of stay in an inpatient psychiatric service was studied for an area that is used in much marketing research. A sample of 1416 admissions from three general hospitals, a proprietary psychiatric hospital, and a state funded community mental health center was used. It was found that length of stay in a psychiatric setting is the product of a constellation of factors.

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  1. Vivian M. Derrickson M.A., M.P.S.
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Derrickson, V.M. Insurance coverage and other factors affecting utilization of inpatient psychiatric services. Administration in Mental Health 13, 91–111 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00819223

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