David Mechanic - Publications

Affiliations: 
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States 
Area:
Public and Social Welfare, Health Care Management, Medicine and Surgery

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2017 Mechanic D. Coming Problems in Behavioral Health Care. The Milbank Quarterly. 95: 233-236. PMID 28589609 DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.12256  0.413
2016 Mechanic D, Olfson M. The Relevance of the Affordable Care Act for Improving Mental Health Care. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology. 12: 515-42. PMID 26666969 DOI: 10.1146/Annurev-Clinpsy-021815-092936  0.484
2014 Mechanic D. More people than ever before are receiving behavioral health care in the United States, but gaps and challenges remain. Health Affairs (Project Hope). 33: 1416-24. PMID 25092844 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.2014.0504  0.49
2012 Mechanic D. Seizing opportunities under the Affordable Care Act for transforming the mental and behavioral health system. Health Affairs (Project Hope). 31: 376-82. PMID 22323168 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.2011.0623  0.474
2011 Mechanic D. Behavioral health and health care reform. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 36: 527-31. PMID 21673258 DOI: 10.1215/03616878-1271207  0.437
2011 Mechanic D. The ‘Brilliant, Persistent’ Pursuit Of Health Care As A Complex Social SystemTracking Medicine: A Researcher’s Quest to Understand Health Care By Wennberg John E. New York (NY) : Oxford University Press , 2010 319 pp., $29.95 Health Affairs. 30: 362-363. DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.2010.1149  0.437
2010 Mechanic D, McAlpine DD. Sociology of health care reform: building on research and analysis to improve health care. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 51: S147-59. PMID 20943579 DOI: 10.1177/0022146510383497  0.619
2010 Mechanic D. Replicating high-quality medical care organizations. Jama. 303: 555-6. PMID 20145234 DOI: 10.1001/Jama.2010.100  0.452
2010 Mechanic D. Institutions of health care: in sickness and in wealth. Science (New York, N.Y.). 244: 1385-6. PMID 17820662 DOI: 10.1126/science.244.4910.1385  0.329
2010 McAlpine DD, Mechanic D. The Influence of Social Factors on Mental Health Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry: Third Edition. 97-101. DOI: 10.1002/9780470669600.ch18  0.554
2009 Mechanic D. The uncertain future of primary medical care. Annals of Internal Medicine. 151: 66-7. PMID 19581648 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-1-200907070-00012  0.363
2009 Arrow K, Auerbach A, Bertko J, Brownlee S, Casalino LP, Cooper J, Crosson FJ, Enthoven A, Falcone E, Feldman RC, Fuchs VR, Garber AM, Gold MR, Goldman D, Hadfield GK, ... ... Mechanic D, et al. Toward a 21st-century health care system: recommendations for health care reform. Annals of Internal Medicine. 150: 493-5. PMID 19258550 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-7-200904070-00115  0.469
2008 Mechanic D. Rethinking medical professionalism: the role of information technology and practice innovations. The Milbank Quarterly. 86: 327-58. PMID 18522615 DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-0009.2008.00523.X  0.426
2008 Mechanic D. Barriers to eliminating waste in US health care. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 13: 57-8. PMID 18416907 DOI: 10.1258/Jhsrp.2008.007165  0.429
2007 Mechanic D. Mental health services then and now. Health Affairs (Project Hope). 26: 1548-50. PMID 17978371 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.26.6.1548  0.464
2007 Mechanic D. Population health: challenges for science and society. The Milbank Quarterly. 85: 533-59. PMID 17718667 DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-0009.2007.00498.X  0.379
2006 Mechanic D. Rediscovery Of The ‘Public’ In Public Health Health Affairs. 25: 1178-1179. DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.25.4.1178  0.358
2006 Mechanic D. Book Review Better but Not Well: Mental Health Policy in the United States since 1950 By Richard G. Frank and Sherry A. Glied. 183 pp. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. $39.95 (cloth); $21.95 (paper). 0-8018-8442-X (cloth); 0-8018-8443-8 (paper). New England Journal of Medicine. 355: 2263-2264. DOI: 10.1056/Nejmbkrev57665  0.333
2006 Mechanic D. The truth about health care: Why reform is not working in America The Truth About Health Care: Why Reform Is Not Working in America. 1-229.  0.317
2006 Mechanic D, Grob GN. Rhetoric, realities, and the plight of the mentally ill in America History and Health Policy in the United States: Putting the Past Back In. 2147483647: 229-249.  0.301
2005 Mechanic D. Policy challenges in addressing racial disparities and improving population health. Health Affairs (Project Hope). 24: 335-8. PMID 15757916 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.24.2.335  0.389
2005 Mechanic D, Rogut LB, Colby DC, Knickman JR. Introduction Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care. 2147483647: 1-10.  0.34
2005 Mechanic D, Rogut LB, Colby DC, Knickman JR. Policy challenges in modern health care Policy Challenges in Modern Health Care. 2147483647: 1-276.  0.373
2004 Mechanic D. The rise and fall of managed care. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 45: 76-86. PMID 15779467  0.355
2004 Mechanic D. In my chosen doctor I trust. Bmj (Clinical Research Ed.). 329: 1418-9. PMID 15604163 DOI: 10.1136/Bmj.329.7480.1418  0.442
2004 Mechanic D, Bilder S. Treatment of people with mental illness: a decade-long perspective. Health Affairs (Project Hope). 23: 84-95. PMID 15318569 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.23.4.84  0.455
2003 Mechanic D. Is the prevalence of mental disorders a good measure of the need for services? Health Affairs (Project Hope). 22: 8-20. PMID 14515877 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.22.5.8  0.367
2003 Mechanic D. Policy challenges in improving mental health services: some lessons from the past. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.). 54: 1227-32. PMID 12954938 DOI: 10.1176/Appi.Ps.54.9.1227  0.483
2003 Mechanic D. Physician discontent: challenges and opportunities. Jama. 290: 941-6. PMID 12928472 DOI: 10.1001/Jama.290.7.941  0.356
2003 Mechanic D. Who shall lead: is there a future for population health? Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 28: 421-42. PMID 12836892 DOI: 10.1215/03616878-28-2-3-421  0.341
2003 Mechanic D. Managing behavioral health in Medicaid. The New England Journal of Medicine. 348: 1914-6. PMID 12736285 DOI: 10.1056/Nejme030040  0.451
2003 Druss B, Mechanic D. Should visit length be used as a quality indicator in primary care? Lancet (London, England). 361: 1148. PMID 12686035 DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12968-6  0.322
2003 Bilder S, Mechanic D. Navigating the disability process: persons with mental disorders applying for and receiving disability benefits. The Milbank Quarterly. 81: 75-106, table of con. PMID 12669652 DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00039  0.351
2002 Zygmunt A, Olfson M, Boyer CA, Mechanic D. Interventions to improve medication adherence in schizophrenia. The American Journal of Psychiatry. 159: 1653-64. PMID 12359668 DOI: 10.1176/Appi.Ajp.159.10.1653  0.313
2002 Mechanic D, Blider S, McAlpine DD. Employing persons with serious mental illness. Health Affairs (Project Hope). 21: 242-53. PMID 12224889 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.21.5.242  0.569
2002 Mechanic D. Improving the quality of health care in the United States of America: the need for a multi-level approach. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. 7: S35-9. PMID 12175433 DOI: 10.1258/135581902320176359  0.41
2002 Mechanic D. Removing barriers to care among persons with psychiatric symptoms. Health Affairs (Project Hope). 21: 137-47. PMID 12025977 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.21.3.137  0.43
2002 Mechanic D. Disadvantage, inequality, and social policy. Health Affairs (Project Hope). 21: 48-59. PMID 11900186 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.21.2.48  0.393
2002 Mechanic D. Socio-cultural implications of changing organizational technologies in the provision of care. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 54: 459-67. PMID 11824921 DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00039-9  0.371
2002 Mojtabai R, Olfson M, Mechanic D. Perceived need and help-seeking in adults with mood, anxiety, or substance use disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry. 59: 77-84. PMID 11779286 DOI: 10.1001/Archpsyc.59.1.77  0.325
2002 McAlpine DD, Mechanic D. Datapoints: payer source for emergency room visits by persons with psychiatric disorders. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.). 53: 14. PMID 11773642 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.53.1.14  0.465
2002 Mechanic D. The case for population health Society. 39: 30-32. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02712637  0.323
2001 Mechanic D, McAlpine DD. 'Fifteen minutes of fame': reflections on the uses of health research, the media, pundits, and the spin. Health Affairs (Project Hope). 20: 211-5. PMID 11816661 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.20.6.211  0.54
2001 Mechanic D. Closing gaps in mental health care for persons with serious mental illness Health Services Research. 36: 1009-1017. PMID 11775664  0.35
2001 Mechanic D. Lessons from the Unexpected: The Importance of Data Infrastructure, Conceptual Models, and Serendipity in Health Services Research Milbank Quarterly. 79: 459-477. PMID 11565164 DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00215  0.452
2001 Mechanic D. How should hamster run? Some observation about sufficient patient time in promary care British Medical Journal. 323: 266-268. PMID 11485957 DOI: 10.1136/Bmj.323.7307.266  0.408
2001 Mechanic D. The Managed Care Backlash: Perceptions and Rhetoric in Health Care Policy and the Potential for Health Care Reform Milbank Quarterly. 79: 35-54. PMID 11286094 DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00195  0.443
2001 Mechanic D, McAlpine DD, Rosenthal M. Are patients' office visits with physicians getting shorter? The New England Journal of Medicine. 344: 198-204. PMID 11172143 DOI: 10.1056/Nejm200101183440307  0.68
2000 Mechanic D. Managed care and the imperative for a new professional ethic Health Affairs. 19: 100-111. PMID 10992657 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.19.5.100  0.428
2000 Mechanic D, Meyer S. Concepts of trust among patients with serious illness Social Science and Medicine. 51: 657-668. PMID 10975226 DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00014-9  0.43
2000 McAlpine DD, Mechanic D. Utilization of specialty mental health care among persons with severe mental illness: the roles of demographics, need, insurance, and risk. Health Services Research. 35: 277-92. PMID 10778815  0.593
2000 Mechanic D, McAlpine DD. Use of nursing homes in the care of persons with severe mental illness: 1985 to 1995. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.). 51: 354-8. PMID 10686243 DOI: 10.1176/Appi.Ps.51.3.354  0.58
2000 Olfson M, Mechanic D, Hansell S, Boyer CA, Walkup J, Weiden PJ. Predicting medication noncompliance after hospital discharge among patients with schizophrenia Psychiatric Services. 51: 216-222. PMID 10655006 DOI: 10.1176/Appi.Ps.51.2.216  0.345
2000 Mechanic D. Essay: Rediscovering The Social Determinants Of Health Health Affairs. 19: 269-276. DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.19.3.269  0.357
1999 Mechanic D, Rosenthal M. Responses of HMO medical directors to trust building in managed care. The Milbank Quarterly. 77: 283-303, 273. PMID 10526546 DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00137  0.615
1999 Mechanic D, McAlpine DD. Mission unfulfilled: potholes on the road to mental health parity. Health Affairs (Project Hope). 18: 7-21. PMID 10495588 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.18.5.7  0.663
1999 Mechanic D. Issues in promoting health Social Science and Medicine. 48: 711-718. PMID 10190634 DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00399-2  0.428
1999 Mechanic D. The changing elderly population and future health care needs Journal of Urban Health. 76: 24-38. PMID 10091188 DOI: 10.1007/Bf02344459  0.435
1998 MECHANIC D. The concept of illness behavior. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 15: 189-94. PMID 14471950 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9681(62)90068-1  0.468
1998 MECHANIC D. Some implications of illness behavior for medical sampling. The New England Journal of Medicine. 269: 244-7. PMID 13934329 DOI: 10.1056/Nejm196308012690506  0.32
1998 Mechanic D. Emerging Trends in Mental Health Policy and Practice Health Affairs. 17: 82-98. PMID 9916357 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.17.6.82  0.509
1998 Mechanic D, McAlpine DD, Olfson M. Changing patterns of psychiatric inpatient care in the United States, 1988-1994. Archives of General Psychiatry. 55: 785-91. PMID 9736004 DOI: 10.1001/Archpsyc.55.9.785  0.587
1998 Mechanic D. The functions and limitations of trust in the provision of medical care Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 23: 661-686. PMID 9718518 DOI: 10.1215/03616878-23-4-661  0.468
1998 Mechanic D. Managed care, rationing, and trust in medical care Journal of Urban Health. 75: 118-122. PMID 9663971 DOI: 10.1007/Bf02344933  0.394
1998 Olfson M, Mechanic D, Boyer CA, Hansell S. Linking inpatients with schizophrenia to outpatient care Psychiatric Services. 49: 911-917. PMID 9661225 DOI: 10.1176/Ps.49.7.911  0.356
1998 Mechanic D. The future of behavioral health New Directions For Mental Health Services. 125-128. PMID 9658862 DOI: 10.1002/Yd.23319987815  0.417
1998 Mechanic D. The changing face of mental health managed care New Directions For Mental Health Services. 7-14. PMID 9658850 DOI: 10.1002/Yd.23319987803  0.416
1998 Mechanic D. Topics for our times: Managed care and public health opportunities American Journal of Public Health. 88: 874-875. PMID 9618611 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.88.6.874  0.417
1998 Mechanic D. Public Trust and Initiatives for New Health Care Partnerships Milbank Quarterly. 76: 281-302. PMID 9614423 DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00089  0.377
1998 Mechanic D. Cultural and Organizational Aspects of Application of the Americans with Disabilities Act to Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities Milbank Quarterly. 76: 5-23. PMID 9510898 DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00077  0.366
1997 Mechanic D. Integrating mental health services through reimbursement reform and managed mental health care Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 2: 86-93. PMID 10180370 DOI: 10.1177/135581969700200206  0.473
1997 Mechanic D. Approaches for coordinating primary and specialty care for persons with mental illness General Hospital Psychiatry. 19: 395-402. PMID 9438183 DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(97)00046-7  0.479
1997 Fairfield G, Hunter DJ, Mechanic D, Rosleff F. Implications of managed care for health systems, clinicians, and patients British Medical Journal. 314: 1895-1898. PMID 9224138 DOI: 10.1136/Bmj.314.7098.1895  0.454
1997 Fairfield G, Hunter DJ, Mechanic D, Rosleff F. Managed care: Origins, principles, and evolution British Medical Journal. 314: 1823-1826. PMID 9224090 DOI: 10.1136/Bmj.314.7097.1823  0.405
1997 Mechanic D. The future of inpatient psychiatry in general hospitals New Directions For Mental Health Services. 103-108. PMID 9200912 DOI: 10.1002/Yd.23319977311  0.454
1997 Mechanic D. The challenges of managed care New Directions For Mental Health Services. 5-10. PMID 9200904 DOI: 10.1002/Yd.23319977303  0.376
1997 Mechanic D. Managed care as a target of distrust Journal of the American Medical Association. 277: 1810-1811. PMID 9178798 DOI: 10.1001/Jama.1997.03540460074038  0.372
1997 Mechanic D. Society and Health. The Journal of Nervous &Amp Mental Disease. 185: 411. DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199706000-00010  0.361
1997 Mechanic D. Managed mental health care Society. 34: 44-52. DOI: 10.1007/S12115-997-1023-4  0.486
1997 Mechanic D. The Dilemmas of Managed Care-Reply Jama: the Journal of the American Medical Association. 278: 820. DOI: 10.1001/Jama.1997.03550100046030  0.386
1997 Mechanic D. Improving health care choice through health services research Disease Management and Clinical Outcomes. 1: 18-19.  0.332
1996 MECHANIC D, NEWTON M. SOME PROBLEMS IN THE ANALYSIS OF MORBIDITY DATA. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 18: 569-80. PMID 14300979 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9681(65)90078-0  0.38
1996 MECHANIC D, NEWTON M. SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION. POINTS OF CONVERGENCE BETWEEN MEDICINE AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE. Journal of Chronic Diseases. 18: 291-301. PMID 14278164 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9681(65)90156-6  0.305
1996 Mechanic D. Failure of health care reform in the USA Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. 1: 4-9. PMID 10180844 DOI: 10.1177/135581969600100103  0.4
1996 Mechanic D. Technologies for the delivery of mental health care International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 12: 673-687. PMID 9136475 DOI: 10.1017/S0266462300010965  0.471
1996 Gallagher SK, Mechanic D. Living with the mentally ill: Effects on the health and functioning of other household members Social Science and Medicine. 42: 1691-1701. PMID 8783431 DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00296-0  0.467
1996 Mechanic D. Emerging issues in international mental health services research Psychiatric Services. 47: 371-375. PMID 8689366  0.329
1996 Mechanic D, Schlesinger M. The impact of managed care on patients' trust in medical care and their physicians Journal of the American Medical Association. 275: 1693-1697. PMID 8637148 DOI: 10.1001/Jama.1996.03530450083048  0.46
1996 Mechanic D. Changing Medical Organization and the Erosion of Trust Milbank Quarterly. 74: 171-189. PMID 8632733 DOI: 10.2307/3350245  0.416
1996 Mechanic D, Rochefort DA. Comparative medical systems Annual Review of Sociology. 22: 239-270. DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.Soc.22.1.239  0.463
1995 Boyer CA, Olfson M, Kellermann SL, Hansell S, Walkup J, Rosenfield S, Mechanic D. Studying inpatient treatment practices in schizophrenia: An integrated methodology Psychiatric Quarterly. 66: 293-320. PMID 8584587 DOI: 10.1007/Bf02238751  0.389
1995 Mechanic D. Sociological dimensions of illness behavior Social Science and Medicine. 41: 1207-1216. PMID 8545675 DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00025-3  0.389
1995 Scott RA, Aiken LH, Mechanic D, Moravcsik J. Organizational aspects of caring. The Milbank Quarterly. 73: 77-95. PMID 7898409 DOI: 10.2307/3350314  0.448
1995 Mechanic D, Schlesinger M, McAlpine DD. Management of mental health and substance abuse services: state of the art and early results. The Milbank Quarterly. 73: 19-55. PMID 7898406 DOI: 10.2307/3350312  0.63
1995 Mechanic D. Dilemmas in rationing health care services: The Case for implicit rationing Bmj. 310: 1655. PMID 7795458 DOI: 10.1136/Bmj.310.6995.1655  0.405
1995 Mechanic D. Emerging trends in the application of the social sciences to health and medicine Social Science and Medicine. 40: 1491-1496. PMID 7667654 DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00024-2  0.42
1995 Mechanic D. The Americanization of the British National Health Service Health Affairs. 14: 51-67. PMID 7657261  0.322
1995 Mechanic D. Challenges in the provision of mental health services: Some cautionary lessons from US experience Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom). 17: 132-139. PMID 7576793 DOI: 10.1093/Oxfordjournals.Pubmed.A043082  0.456
1995 Manderscheid RW, Ginzberg E, Ostow M, BroidyMahowald M, Mechanic D. The Road to Reform: The Future of Health Care in America.@@@Women and Children in Health Care: An Unequal Majority.@@@Inescapable Decisions: The Imperatives of Health Reform. Contemporary Sociology. 24: 411. DOI: 10.2307/2076547  0.42
1994 Mechanic D, McAlpine D, Rosenfield S, Davis D. Effects of illness attribution and depression on the quality of life among persons with serious mental illness. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 39: 155-64. PMID 8066494 DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)90324-7  0.575
1994 Uttaro T, Mechanic D. The NAMI consumer survey analysis of unmet needs Hospital and Community Psychiatry. 45: 372-374. PMID 8020925 DOI: 10.1176/Ps.45.4.372  0.413
1994 Mechanic D. Mental health/substance abuse Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 19: 227-232. PMID 8014414 DOI: 10.1215/03616878-19-1-227  0.388
1994 Mechanic D. Trust and informed consent to rationing The Milbank Quarterly. 72: 217-223. PMID 8007897 DOI: 10.2307/3350294  0.404
1994 Boyer CA, Mechanic D. Psychiatric reimbursement reform in New York State: lessons in implementing change The Milbank Quarterly. 72: 621-651. PMID 7997221 DOI: 10.2307/3350358  0.378
1994 Mechanic D. Integrating mental health into a general health care system Hospital and Community Psychiatry. 45: 893-897. PMID 7989020 DOI: 10.1176/Ps.45.9.893  0.478
1994 Mechanic D. Establishing mental health priorities The Milbank Quarterly. 72: 501-514. PMID 7935244 DOI: 10.2307/3350268  0.462
1993 Mechanic D. America's health care system and its future: the view of a despairing optimist Medical Care Review. 50: 7-48. PMID 10125118  0.314
1993 Olfson M, Glick ID, Mechanic D. Inpatient treatment of schizophrenia in general hospitals Hospital and Community Psychiatry. 44: 40-44. PMID 8436359 DOI: 10.1176/Ps.44.1.40  0.377
1993 Mechanic D. Social research in health and the American sociopolitical context: The changing fortunes of medical sociology Social Science and Medicine. 36: 95-102. PMID 8421794 DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(93)90200-N  0.425
1993 Mechanic D. Mental health services in the context of health insurance reform The Milbank Quarterly. 71: 349-364. PMID 8413066 DOI: 10.2307/3350406  0.498
1992 Mechanic D. Professional judgment and the rationing of medical care. University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 140: 1713-54. PMID 11651594 DOI: 10.2307/3312429  0.456
1992 Mechanic D. General physicians' limited role in mental health care Hospital and Community Psychiatry. 43: 429. PMID 1587504 DOI: 10.1176/Ps.43.5.429  0.482
1992 Mechanic D. Editorial: Managed care for the seriously mentally ill American Journal of Public Health. 82: 788-789. PMID 1585956 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.82.6.788  0.415
1992 Mechanic D, Rochefort DA. A policy of inclusion for the mentally ill. Health Affairs (Project Hope). 11: 128-50. PMID 1577370 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.11.1.128  0.379
1992 Mechanic D, Angel RJ, Davies L. Correlates of using mental health services: Implications of using alternative definitions American Journal of Public Health. 82: 74-78. PMID 1536339 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.82.1.74  0.645
1992 Mechanic D. Health and illness behavior and patient-practitioner relationships Social Science and Medicine. 34: 1345-1350. PMID 1529372 DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(92)90143-E  0.433
1992 Mechanic D, Surles RC. Challenges in state mental health policy and administration Health Affairs. 11: 34-50. PMID 1398452 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.11.3.34  0.4
1991 Mechanic D. Changing our health care system Medical Care Review. 48: 247-260. PMID 10117147  0.311
1991 Mechanic D. Recent developments in mental health: Perspectives and services Annual Review of Public Health. 12: 1-15. PMID 2049132 DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.Pu.12.050191.000245  0.448
1991 hansell S, Sherman G, Mechanic D. Body awareness and medical care utilization among older adults in an HMO Journals of Gerontology. 46. PMID 2030285 DOI: 10.1093/Geronj/46.3.S151  0.411
1991 Mechanic D. Strategies for integratic public mental health services Hospital and Community Psychiatry. 42: 797-801. PMID 1894253 DOI: 10.1176/Ps.42.8.797  0.422
1991 Mechanic D. Changing perspectives in the study of the social role of medicine The Milbank Quarterly. 69: 215-232. PMID 1838785 DOI: 10.2307/3350202  0.458
1991 Mechanic D. Sources of countervailing power in medicine Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. 16: 485-498. PMID 1761825 DOI: 10.1215/03616878-16-3-485  0.357
1991 Mechanic D, Angel R, Davies L. Risk and Selection Processes between the General and the Specialty Mental Health Sectors Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 32: 49. DOI: 10.2307/2136799  0.653
1991 Hansell S, Mechanic D. Body Awareness and Self-Assessed Health among Older Adults Journal of Aging and Health. 3: 473-492. DOI: 10.1177/089826439100300403  0.345
1990 Mechanic D. The role of sociology in health affairs Health Affairs. 9: 85-97. PMID 2323725 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.9.1.85  0.382
1990 Mechanic D. Treating mental illness: Generalist versus specialist Health Affairs. 9: 61-75. PMID 2289761 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.9.4.61  0.486
1990 Mechanic D, Davis D. Patterns of care in general hospitals for patients with psychiatric diagnoses: Some findings and some cautions Medical Care. 28: 1153-1164. PMID 2250499 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199012000-00004  0.346
1990 Mechanic D, Ettel T, Davis D. Choosing among health insurance options: A study of new employees Inquiry. 27: 14-23. PMID 2139001  0.319
1990 Wallace SP, Brown P, Conrad P, Kern R, Schwartz HD, Aiken LH, Mechanic D, Freeman HE, Levine S. Institutionalizing Divergent Approaches in the Sociology of Health and Healing: A Review of Medical Sociology Readers Teaching Sociology. 18: 377. DOI: 10.2307/1317741  0.389
1990 Mechanic D. Policy, Politics, Health, and Medicine: A Marxist View Health Affairs. 9: 213-215. DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.9.4.213  0.326
1990 Mechanic D, Rochefort DA. Deinstitutionalization: An Appraisal of Reform Review of Sociology. 16: 301-327. DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.So.16.080190.001505  0.472
1989 Mechanic D. Health Care and the Elderly The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 503: 89-98. PMID 10313067 DOI: 10.1177/0002716289503001007  0.444
1989 Mechanic D. Social Policy, Technology, and the Rationing of Health Care Medical Care Research and Review. 46: 113-120. PMID 10294468 DOI: 10.1177/107755878904600202  0.387
1989 Mechanic D, Aiken LH. Capitation in mental health: potentials and cautions New Directions For Mental Health Services. 5-18. PMID 2682191 DOI: 10.1002/Yd.23319894303  0.433
1989 Mechanic D. Medical sociology: some tensions among theory, method and substance Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 30: 147-160. PMID 2661664 DOI: 10.2307/2137009  0.374
1989 Mechanic D, Aiken LH. Lessons from the past: Responding to the AIDS crisis Health Affairs. 8: 16-32. PMID 2507429 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.8.3.16  0.324
1989 Mechanic D. Consumer choice among health insurance options Health Affairs. 8: 138-148. PMID 2496018 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.8.1.138  0.384
1989 Steadman HJ, Mechanic D. Improving Mental Health Services: What the Social Sciences Can Tell Us. Contemporary Sociology. 18: 428. DOI: 10.2307/2073886  0.395
1988 Feinson MC, Hansell S, Mechanic D. Factors associated with Medicare beneficiaries' interest in HMOs Inquiry. 25: 364-373. PMID 2972621  0.333
1987 Greenley JR, Mechanic D, Cleary PD. Seeking help for psychologic problems: A replication and extension Medical Care. 25: 1113-1128. PMID 3695641 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198712000-00001  0.407
1987 Mechanic D, Hansell S. Adolescent competence, psychological well-being, and self-assessed physical health Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 28: 364-374. PMID 3429806 DOI: 10.2307/2136790  0.322
1987 Mechanic D. Evolution of mental health services and areas for change New Directions For Mental Health Services. 3-13. PMID 3325809 DOI: 10.1002/Yd.23319873603  0.448
1987 Mechanic D, Aiken LH. Improving the care of patients with chronic mental illness New England Journal of Medicine. 317: 1634-1638. PMID 3317058 DOI: 10.1056/Nejm198712243172605  0.433
1987 Mechanic D. Correcting misconceptions in mental health policy: strategies for improved care of the seriously mentally ill The Milbank Quarterly. 65: 203-230. PMID 3302647 DOI: 10.2307/3350020  0.459
1987 Mechanic D. Challenges in long-term care policy Connecticut Medicine. 51: 659-664. PMID 3119285 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.6.2.22  0.389
1987 Mechanic D, Angel RJ. Some Factors Associated with the Report and Evaluation of Back Pain Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 28: 131. DOI: 10.2307/2137127  0.572
1987 Albrecht GL, Anderson OW, Mechanic D. Good Health For All Contemporary Sociology. 16: 643. DOI: 10.2307/2069751  0.375
1986 Mechanic D. The challenge of chronic mental illness: A retrospective and prospective view Hospital and Community Psychiatry. 37: 891-896. PMID 3758970 DOI: 10.1176/Ps.37.9.891  0.432
1986 Mechanic D. Family care for the poor: Some policy alternatives Journal of Family Practice. 22: 283-289. PMID 3512766  0.322
1985 Mechanic D. Physicians and Patients in Transition Hastings Center Report. 15: 9-12. PMID 4066307 DOI: 10.2307/3563062  0.328
1985 Mechanic D. Mental health and social policy: Initiatives for the 1980s Health Affairs. 4: 75-88. PMID 3997048 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.4.1.75  0.47
1985 Mechanic D. Public perceptions of medicine New England Journal of Medicine. 312: 181-183. PMID 3965939 DOI: 10.1056/Nejm198501173120312  0.303
1985 Mechanic D. Cost containment and the quality of medical care: rationing strategies in an era of constrained resources Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, Health and Society. 63: 453-475. PMID 3906432 DOI: 10.2307/3349843  0.407
1985 Mechanic D. Handbook of health, health care, and the health professions Contemporary Sociology. 14: 371. DOI: 10.2307/2071353  0.426
1984 Mechanic D. The transformation of health providers Health Affairs. 3: 65-72. PMID 6724496 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.3.1.65  0.469
1984 Mosher SW, Diamond N, Doverspike D, Simmons DC, Siegelman P, Adelson J, Berger PL, Mechanic D, Van Ness P, Schwartz H, Horowitz IL, Kochman T, Willems D, Schoijet M, Rothman S, et al. Letters from readers Society. 21: 4-12. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02700362  0.341
1983 Mechanic D. The comparative study of health care delivery systems. Annual Review of Sociology. 1: 43-65. PMID 12264582 DOI: 10.1146/Annurev.So.01.080175.000355  0.469
1983 Mechanic D. Disease, mortality, and the promotion of health. Health Affairs (Project Hope). 1: 28-38. PMID 7185730 DOI: 10.1377/Hlthaff.1.3.28  0.464
1983 Mechanic D, Weiss N, Cleary PD. The growth of hmos: Issues of enrollment and disenrollment Medical Care. 21: 338-347. PMID 6834909 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198303000-00006  0.352
1983 Mechanic D. Curing, caring, and economics: dilemmas of progress. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 25: 722-35. PMID 6820137 DOI: 10.1353/Pbm.1982.0061  0.333
1983 Kiesler CA, McGuire T, Mechanic D, Mosher LR, Nelson SH, Newman FL, Rich R, Schulberg HC. Federal mental health policymaking. An assessment of deinstitutionalization. The American Psychologist. 38: 1292-7. PMID 6660633 DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.38.12.1292  0.395
1983 Mechanic D. Does psychiatric care reduce the demand for medical care services? Medical Care. 21: 1126-1127. PMID 6656335 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198311000-00008  0.417
1982 Mechanic D, Cleary PD, Greenley JR. Distress syndromes, illness behavior, access to care and medical utilization in a defined population. Medical Care. 20: 361-72. PMID 7078293 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198204000-00002  0.501
1982 Cleary PD, Mechanic D, Greenley JR. Sex Differences in Medical Care Utilization: An Empirical Investigation Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 23: 106. DOI: 10.2307/2136508  0.432
1981 Mechanic D, Cleary PD. Factors associated with the maintenance of positive health behavior. Preventive Medicine. 9: 805-14. PMID 7454703 DOI: 10.1016/0091-7435(80)90023-7  0.377
1981 Mechanic D. The management of psychocial problems in primary medical care: a potential role for social work. Journal of Human Stress. 6: 16-21. PMID 7451949 DOI: 10.1080/0097840X.1980.9936103  0.425
1981 Mechanic D. Some Dilemmas in Health Care Policy The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society. 59: 1. DOI: 10.2307/3349773  0.422
1981 Cleary PD, Mechanic D, Weiss N. The Effect of Interviewer Characteristics on Responses to a Mental Health Interview Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 22: 183. DOI: 10.2307/2136294  0.356
1980 Mechanic D, Kleinman A. Ambulatory medical care in the People's Republic of China: an exploratory study. American Journal of Public Health. 70: 62-6. PMID 7350824 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.70.1.62  0.306
1980 Mechanic D, Greenley JR, Cleary PD, Hoeper EW, Wenzel FJ. A model of rural health care. Consumer response among users of the Marshfield Clinic. Medical Care. 18: 597-608. PMID 6995723 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-198006000-00003  0.412
1980 Mechanic D. The stability of health and illness behavior: results from a 16-year follow-up. American Journal of Public Health. 69: 1142-5. PMID 507245 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.69.11.1142  0.38
1980 Mechanic D. The Supreme Court and Abortion: 2. Sidestepping Social Realities The Hastings Center Report. 10: 17. DOI: 10.2307/3560291  0.332
1980 Hiday VA, Mechanic D. Future Issues in Health Care: Social Policy and the Rationing of Medical Services. Social Forces. 59: 305. DOI: 10.2307/2577857  0.353
1980 Mechanic D. The Experience and Reporting of Common Physical Complaints Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 21: 146. DOI: 10.2307/2136734  0.316
1980 Martin HW, Mechanic D. Future Issues in Health Care: Social Policy and the Rationing of Medical Services. Contemporary Sociology. 9: 817. DOI: 10.2307/2065288  0.47
1979 Mechanic D. Effects of psychological distress on perceptions of physical health and use of medical and psychiatric facilities. Journal of Human Stress. 4: 26-32. PMID 739148 DOI: 10.1080/0097840X.1978.10545983  0.472
1979 Mechanic D. Development of psychological distress among young adults. Archives of General Psychiatry. 36: 1233-9. PMID 485781 DOI: 10.1001/Archpsyc.1979.01780110087011  0.321
1979 Mechanic D. How should medical care be rationed? The American Journal of Medicine. 66: 8-9. PMID 420254 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(79)90474-1  0.397
1979 Kleinman A, Mechanic D. Some observations of mental illness and its treatment in the People's Republic of China. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 167: 267-74. PMID 36444 DOI: 10.1097/00005053-197905000-00002  0.491
1979 Mechanic D. Correlates of Physician Utilization: Why Do Major Multivariate Studies of Physician Utilization Find Trivial Psychosocial and Organizational Effects? Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 20: 387. DOI: 10.2307/2955413  0.329
1978 Mechanic D. Explanations of mental illness. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 166: 381-6. PMID 660173 DOI: 10.1097/00005053-197806000-00001  0.343
1978 Mechanic D. Considerations in the design of mental health benefits under National Health Insurance. American Journal of Public Health. 68: 482-8. PMID 645997 DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.68.5.482  0.389
1978 Tessler R, Mechanic D. Factors affecting children's use of physician services in a prepaid group practice. Medical Care. 16: 33-46. PMID 621975 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-197801000-00003  0.353
1978 Mechanic D. Approaches to controlling the costs of medical care: short-range and long-range alternatives. The New England Journal of Medicine. 298: 249-54. PMID 413040 DOI: 10.1056/Nejm197802022980505  0.421
1978 Mechanic D. Prospects and Problems in Health Services Research The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society. 56: 127. DOI: 10.2307/3349515  0.351
1978 Tessler R, Mechanic D. Psychological Distress and Perceived Health Status Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 19: 254. DOI: 10.2307/2136558  0.385
1978 Mechanic D. Ethics, Justice, and Medical Care Systems The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 437: 74-85. DOI: 10.1177/000271627843700107  0.414
1977 Mechanic D. The growth of medical technology and bureaucracy: implications for medical care. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. 55: 61-78. PMID 11661519 DOI: 10.2307/3349594  0.434
1977 Mechanic D. Stress, illness, and illness behavior. Journal of Human Stress. 2: 2-6. PMID 1018116 DOI: 10.1080/0097840X.1976.9936061  0.387
1977 Mechanic D. Illness behavior, social adaptation, and the management of illness. A comparison of educational and medical models. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 165: 79-87. PMID 328824 DOI: 10.1097/00005053-197708000-00001  0.358
1977 Meyer MW, Mechanic D. The Growth of Bureaucratic Medicine: An Inquiry into the Dynamics of Patient Behavior and the Organization of Medical Care. Contemporary Sociology. 6: 694. DOI: 10.2307/2391735  0.373
1977 Lavin BF, Levin LS, Katz AH, Holst E, Lewis CE, Fein R, Mechanic D. Self-Care: Lay Initiatives in Health. Contemporary Sociology. 6: 692. DOI: 10.2307/2066357  0.395
1976 Slesinger DP, Tessler RC, Mechanic D. The effects of social characteristics on the utilization of preventive medical services in contrasting health care programs. Medical Care. 14: 392-404. PMID 1271880 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-197605000-00002  0.401
1976 Mechanic D. Rationing Health Care: Public Policy and the Medical Marketplace The Hastings Center Report. 6: 34. DOI: 10.2307/3560360  0.363
1976 Tessler R, Mechanic D, Dimond M. The Effect of Psychological Distress on Physician Utilization: A Prospective Study Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 17: 353. DOI: 10.2307/2136713  0.406
1976 Greenley JR, Mechanic D. Social Selection in Seeking Help for Psychological Problems Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 17: 249. DOI: 10.2307/2136546  0.348
1976 Mechanic D. Some Social Aspects of the Medical Malpractice Dilemma Duke Law Journal. 24: 1179-1196. DOI: 10.2307/1372062  0.439
1976 Mechanic D. Sex, Illness, Illness Behavior, and the Use of Health Services Journal of Human Stress. 2: 29-40. DOI: 10.1016/0160-7987(78)90034-0  0.394
1975 Mechanic D. The orginization of medical practice and practice orientations among physicians in prepaid and nonprepaid primary care settings. Medical Care. 13: 189-204. PMID 1113557 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-197503000-00001  0.404
1975 Mechanic D. Ideology, medical technology, and health care organization in modern nations. American Journal of Public Health. 65: 241-7. PMID 803794 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.65.3.241  0.441
1975 Tessler R, Mechanic D. Factors Affecting the Choice between Prepaid Group Practice and Alternative Insurance Programs The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly. Health and Society. 53: 149. DOI: 10.2307/3349524  0.437
1975 Tessler R, Mechanic D. Consumer Satisfaction with Prepaid Group Practice: A Comparative Study Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 16: 95. DOI: 10.2307/2137003  0.441
1975 Mechanic D. Sociocultural and Socio-Psychological Factors Affecting Personal Responses to Psychological Disorder Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 16: 393. DOI: 10.2307/2136611  0.403
1972 Mechanic D. General medical practice: some comparisons between the work of primary care physicians in the United States and England and Wales. Medical Care. 10: 402-20. PMID 5073949 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-197209000-00004  0.47
1972 Mechanic D. Sociology and public health: perspectives for application. American Journal of Public Health. 62: 146-51. PMID 5058849 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.62.2.147  0.356
1972 Mechanic D. Social psychologic factors affecting the presentation of bodily complaints. The New England Journal of Medicine. 286: 1132-9. PMID 4553340 DOI: 10.1056/Nejm197205252862105  0.359
1972 Mechanic D. Human Problems and the Organization of Health Care The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 399: 1-11. DOI: 10.1177/000271627239900102  0.485
1971 Mechanic D. The English National Health Service: Some Comparisons with the United States Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 12: 18. DOI: 10.2307/2948450  0.348
1971 Mechanic D. Comment on "Mental Illness" American Sociological Review. 36: 314. DOI: 10.2307/2094054  0.344
1971 Canning RR, Mechanic D, Shore MF, Mannino FV. Mental Health and Social Policy.@@@Mental Health and the Community: Problems, Programs, and Strategies. American Sociological Review. 36: 175. DOI: 10.2307/2093569  0.401
1970 Mechanic D. Private practice among general practitioners in the English National Health Service. Medical Care. 8: 324-32. PMID 5455119 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-197008040-00008  0.397
1970 Mechanic D. Practice orientations among general medical practitioners in England and Wales. Medical Care. 8: 15-25. PMID 5417718 DOI: 10.1097/00005650-197001000-00003  0.395
1970 Wilson RN, Mechanic D. Mental Health and Social Policy. Social Forces. 48: 554. DOI: 10.2307/2948477  0.383
1970 Mechanic D. Correlates of Frustration among British General Practitioners Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 11: 87. DOI: 10.2307/2948469  0.327
1970 Mechanic D. Problems in the Future Organization of Medical Practice Law and Contemporary Problems. 35: 233-251. DOI: 10.2307/1190885  0.49
1970 MECHANIC D, FAICH RG. Doctors in Revolt Medical Care. 8: 442-455. DOI: 10.1097/00005650-197011000-00002  0.368
1969 Hollingshead AB, Mechanic D. Medical Sociology: A Selective View. American Sociological Review. 34: 426. DOI: 10.2307/2948363  0.302
1968 Mechanic D. General medical practice in England and Wales. Its organization and future. The New England Journal of Medicine. 279: 680-9. PMID 5670908 DOI: 10.1056/Nejm196809262791305  0.327
1967 Mechanic D. Therapeutic intervention: issues in the care of the mentally ill. The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 37: 703-18. PMID 6033425 DOI: 10.1111/J.1939-0025.1967.Tb00512.X  0.371
1966 Mechanic D. The Sociology of Medicine: Viewpoints and Perspectives Journal of Health and Human Behavior. 7: 237. DOI: 10.2307/2948770  0.367
1966 Mechanic D. Response factors in illness: The study of illness behavior Social Psychiatry. 1: 11-20. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00583824  0.378
1965 Mechanic D. The Study of Illness Behaviour: Some Implications for Medical Practice Medical Care. 3: 30-32. DOI: 10.1097/00005650-196501000-00009  0.415
1963 Mechanic D. Religion, Religiosity, and Illness Behavior: The Special Case of the Jews Human Organization. 22: 202-208. DOI: 10.17730/Humo.22.3.N413264P32280Q03  0.403
1961 Mechanic D, Volkart EH. Stress, Illness Behavior, and the Sick Role American Sociological Review. 26: 51. DOI: 10.2307/2090512  0.776
1960 Mechanic D, Volkart EH. Illness Behavior and Medical Diagnoses Journal of Health and Human Behavior. 1: 86. DOI: 10.2307/2949006  0.761
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