A new day: strategies for managing psychiatric and substance abuse benefits.
Rising health care costs for psychiatric and substance abuse disorders have led to a marked increase in attempts by managed care organizations to address this issue. This article presents a number of innovative strategies that may help reduce overall health care costs by addressing the problem of undiagnosed and/or untreated psychiatric and substance abuse disorders.
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Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh.
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