Past-Year Use of Outpatient Services for Psychiatric Problems in the National Comorbidity Survey

Abstract

Use of outpatient services for psychiatric problems appears to have increased over the decade between the early 1980s and early 1990s, especially in the self-help sector. Aggregate allocation of treatment resources was related to need, highlighting the importance of making provisions for specialty care in the triage systems currently evolving as part of managed care.

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SpecialtyMedicineComorbidityTriagePsychiatryService (business)Family medicineBusiness

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 156
Issue: 1
Pages: 115-123
Citations: 621
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                                    Ronald C. Kessler, 
                                
                                    Shanyang Zhao, 
                                
                                    Steven J. Katz
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            Past-Year Use of Outpatient Services for Psychiatric Problems in the National Comorbidity Survey. 
                            American Journal of Psychiatry
                            , 156
                            (1)
                            , 115-123.
                            https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.156.1.115
                        

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DOI: 10.1176/ajp.156.1.115