Does educational background explain inequalities in care service use for mental health problems in the Dutch general population?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 178-187

  Ten Have, Margreet ^a   Oldehinkel, A ^b   Vollebergh, W ^a   Ormel, J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Mental disorders; Mental health services; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0345385019     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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