A Joint Choice Model of the Decision to Seek Depression Treatment and Choice of Provider Sector

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-320

  Fortney, John ^a,b   Rost, Kathryn ^a,b   Zhang, Mingliang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Depression; Nested logit model; Provider choice; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARKANSAS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0032012847     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199803000-00008     Document Type: Article

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