Caring for Depression

by Roland Sturm, Cathy D. Sherbourne, Kenneth B. Wells

Book Overview

One of the major concerns about the changing U.S. health-care systems is whether they will improve or diminish the quality and cost-effectiveness of medical care. The shift from a fee-for-service to a prepaid method of reimbursement has greatly changed the incentives of patients to seek care as well as those of providers to supply it. This change poses a particular challenge for care of depressed patients, a vulnerable population that often does...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674097300
• ISBN13: 9780674097308
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"