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The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the organization, financing, and delivery of women’s mental health services in the current managed care environment. This background on the essentials of managed care is critical to a full understanding of women’s mental health services.

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The authors thank Deborah W. Garnick, Sc.D., Dominic Hodgkin, Ph.D., and Constance M. Horgan, Sc.D., for review and helpful discussion of the manuscript, and Bernard McCann, MS, CEAP for research assistance.

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Merrick, E., Reif, S. (2010). Services in an Era of Managed Care. In: Levin, B., Becker, M. (eds) A Public Health Perspective of Women's Mental Health. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1526-9_11

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