Change in mental health service delivery among blacks, whites, and hispanics in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Administration and Policy in Mental Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-43

  Greenberg, Greg A ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b  

^a Northeast Program Evaluation Center   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Mental health; Minorities; Race; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINORITY GROUP; NEGRO; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOLDIER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 0142250435     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026096123010     Document Type: Article

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