How do HMOs reduce outpatient mental health care costs?
American Journal of PsychiatryPublished 1 January 1991
Grayson Norquist, Kenneth B. Wells
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The most likely explanation for lower mental health care costs in HMOs is a less intensive style of care for a comparably sick population.
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The most likely explanation for lower mental health care costs in HMOs is a less intensive style of care for a comparably sick population.
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