Clinical Review
A Model for Mental Health Care
Improving Access
Fed Pract. 2004 September;21(9):11
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Lial Kofoed, MD, MS and Mary E. Ramirez, BS
Dr. Kofoed is the medical director of mental health services at the Hot Springs campus of the VA Black Hills Health Care System, Hot Springs, SD and a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Sioux Falls. Ms. Ramirez is a performance improvement specialist in the mental health services of the VA Black Hills Health Care System, Hot Springs, SD.
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