Mental health services for rural elderly: Innovative service strategies

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 463-480

  Chalifoux, Zona ^a,b   Neese, Jane B ^c   Buckwalter, Kathleen C ^d   Litwak, Eugene ^e   Abraham, Ivo L ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE FINDING; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; STAFF TRAINING;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029841802     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02251046     Document Type: Review

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