Racial/ethnic disparities in admissions to public and private psychiatric inpatient settings: The effect of managed care

Administration and Policy in Mental Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-109

  Crawford, Kermit ^a,b,c   Fisher, William H ^c   McDermeit, Melissa ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032446394     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021246226482     Document Type: Article

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