Do minorities in the United States receive fewer mental health services than whites?

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 567-578

  Lasser, Karen E ^a   Himmelstein, David U ^b   Woolhandler, Steffie J ^b   McCormick, Danny ^b   Bor, David H ^b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; SERVICE PROVISION;

CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CONSULTATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036441735     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/UEXW-RARL-U46V-FU4P     Document Type: Review

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