title: Policy intervention.
abstract: This paper addresses market failure due to externalities, as well as information asymmetries and public policy problems that need to be solved to ensure high quality care for affective disorders. We delineate the problems in parity legislation, managed care, as well as Medicare and Medicaid that need to be addressed to reduce the burden of illness affective disorders. A research agenda is developed for formulating and implementing public policy.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, 2150 Shattuck Avenue, Suite 525, Berkeley, California 94720-7380, USA. rscheff@uclink4.berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scheffler
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durham
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.forename: Kenneth B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D006278:Medicare; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012106:Research; D014481:United States