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Psychology Peer Review in an IPA-Model HMO

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Handbook of Quality Assurance in Mental Health

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Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are not a new phenomenon. Kaiser Aluminum Company created the Kaiser-Permanente Plan in California in 1942 to provide health care services for its employees in areas with few such services. Kaiser-Permanente was one of the first HMOs in the country and is still one of the biggest of the “closed panel” type of HMOs.

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  1. 2100 52nd Avenue, Moline, Illinois, 61265, USA

    Beth Egan O’Keefe

  2. 4645 Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa, 52806, USA

    Joseph N. Cress

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  1. Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York

    George Stricker

  2. Preferred Health Care, Ltd., Wilton, Connecticut, USA

    Alex R. Rodriguez

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O’Keefe, B.E., Cress, J.N. (1988). Psychology Peer Review in an IPA-Model HMO. In: Stricker, G., Rodriguez, A.R. (eds) Handbook of Quality Assurance in Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5236-5_23

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