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Impact of hmo model type on mental health service delivery: Variation in treatment and approaches

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Research for this paper was supported by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trust, #83-1338.

Research Analyst (Dr. Altman) and Senior Research Associate (Dr. Goldstein), Bigel Institute for Health Policy, Florence Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University, and:

Instructor in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Genetics, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School, and Psychiatry Service, Brockton-West Roxbury V.A. Medical Center.

The authors would like to thank Drs. Thomas McGuire, Constance Horgan, Winston Turner and Mr. David Pomeranz for their very helpful comments on an earlier draft of the paper. Appreciation is also extended to Dr. Linda Frisman for her preliminary work on this topic, Dr. Stanley Wallack for his support for this work, and Joan Collura for manuscript preparation.

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Altman, L., Goldstein, J.M. Impact of hmo model type on mental health service delivery: Variation in treatment and approaches. Administration in Mental Health 15, 246–261 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00818725

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