Patterns of mental health service utilization

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 696-703

  Howard, Kenneth I ^a   Camille, Thomas A ^b   Lyons, John S ^d   Vessey, John T ^d   Lueger, Robert J ^c   Saunders, Stephen M ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

EID: 0029775997     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830080048009     Document Type: Review

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