Income differences in persons seeking outpatient treatment for mental disorders: A comparison of the United States with Ontario and the Netherlands

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 383-391

  Alegría, Margarita ^a   Bijl, Rob V ^b   Lin, Elizabeth ^d   Walters, Ellen E ^c   Kessler, Ronald C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343238214     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.4.383     Document Type: Article

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