title: Psychiatric emergency services: policy considerations.
abstract: Funding for PES occurs through a variety of public and private sources. Potential difficulties associated with providing emergency psychiatric care in a free-market economy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Los Angeles County-University of Southern California, Division of Emergency Psychiatry, USA.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States