Mainstreaming the mentally ill in HMOs.

New Dir Ment Health Serv

Published: November 1989

Administratively complex and politically sensitive issues can arise when mentally ill persons who are public program beneficiaries are enrolled in existing HMOs. The experiences of a demonstration program undertaken in Minnesota illustrate these issues.

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