Hispanic access to health/mental health services

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-91

  Ruiz, Pedro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Hispanics; Mental health care

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION GROWTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POPULATION GROWTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036599175     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015051809607     Document Type: Review

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