Gender and health services use for a mental health problem

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 865-878

  Albizu Garcia, Carmen E ^a   Alegría, Margarita ^a   Freeman, Daniel ^b   Vera, Mildred ^a  

^a Graduate School of Public Health   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Mental health; Puerto Rico; Services use

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; SERVICE PROVISION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PUERTO RICO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY AREAS; PUERTO RICO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034903796     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00380-4     Document Type: Article

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