Psychiatric Morbidity and Physician Visits Lessons from Ontario

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 573-585

  Tweed, Dan L ^c   Goering, Paula N ^a   Lin, Elizabeth ^a   Williams, J Ivan ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c Clarke Institute of Psychiatry ^*

Author keywords

Community survey; Medical care utilization; Psychiatric disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032038650     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199804000-00013     Document Type: Article

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