‘Phantom Networks’ of Managed Behavioral Health Providers: An Empirical Study of Their Existence and Effect on Patients in Two New Jersey Counties | Zendy

Russell M. Holstein | Zendy; David P. Paul | Zendy

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‘Phantom Networks’ of Managed Behavioral Health Providers: An Empirical Study of Their Existence and Effect on Patients in Two New Jersey Counties

Author(s) -

Russell M. Holstein,

David P. Paul

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

hospital topics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.202

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 1939-9278

pISSN - 0018-5868

DOI - 10.1080/00185868.2012.714689

Subject(s) - managed care , health care , mental health , empirical research , mental health care , psychology , nursing , medicine , psychiatry , political science , law , philosophy , epistemology

Managed care organizations often tout the availability of clinicians in their provider networks, yet their clients seeking mental healthcare may find it difficult to obtain such care in a timely and effective manner. Using comprehensive data from two counties in New Jersey, the authors examine the prevalence of phantom networks of managed care providers of behavioral health services and the effects of such networks on patients' wait times and the availability of therapists treating children.

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