Pathways of low-income minority patients to outpatient psychiatric treatment

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1004-1007

  Boerstler, Heidi ^a   De Figueiredo, John M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 0037844783     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.5.1004     Document Type: Article

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