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ISSN: 1091-4358 Copyright © 2003 ICMPE. |
Assisted Living and Use of Health Services among Medicaid Beneficiaries with Schizophrenia |
Todd P. Gilmer, 1* David P. Folsom,2 William Hawthorne,3 Laurie A. Lindamer,4 Richard L. Hough,5 Piedad Garcia,6 Dilip V. Jeste7 |
1Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California,
San Diego, CA, USA |
*Correspondence to: Todd P Gilmer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department
of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500
Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0622, USA
Tel.: +1-858-534 7596
Fax: +1-858-534 4642
E-mail: tgilmer@ucsd.edu
Source of Funding: This work was supported, in part, by the Center for
Health Care Strategies, Inc., National Institute of Mental Health grants MH49671,
MH43693, MH59101, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Abstract |
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Background: Considerable attention has been given to the appropriateness
of mental and medical health care provided to residents of certain assisted
living facilities specialized for the severely mentally ill. However,
there exists little objective evidence regarding the level of services
provided by these facilities in general. |
Received 19 May 2003; accepted 6 August 2003
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