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Article: Providing Mental Health Services under Managed Care Arrangements: The Challenges.
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- Hospital Topics
- Article date:
- March 22, 2000
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A review of history reveals that mental health problems have been treated as distinct from those related to physical health. In the days of our grandparents, people went to hospitals if they were physically sick and asylums if they were mentally ill. The U.S. healthcare system has made significant strides since then--medical and technological advances in the United States have helped people live longer and healthier lives, and the need for ensuring
that all people have access to healthcare has received increased attention, in recent years. Yet, even though progress has been made, millions of people are not covered by any health insurance. Still, some progress in ...