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Tracking changes in behavioral health services: How have carve-outs changed care?

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This special issue of theJournal of Behavioral Health Services & Research on mental health carve-outs brings together some of the latest research on recent policy and market changes affecting behavioral health services. This introductory article provides background information about carve-outs and the managed behavioral health care industry. This article also reviews prior research in the mental health carve-out field.

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Sturm, R. Tracking changes in behavioral health services: How have carve-outs changed care?. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 26, 360–371 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02287297

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