Patterns of mental health service utilisation in Italy and Spain. An investigation using the European Service Mapping Schedule

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-159

  Salvador Carulla, Luis ^a   Tibaldi, Giuseppe ^b   Johnson, Sonia ^c   Scala, Elena ^b   Romero, Cristina ^a   Munizza, Carmine ^b  

^a RIRAG/PSICOST Research Network   (Spain)

^b Centro Studi e Ricerche in Psichiatria   (Italy)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Mapping Schedule; Mental health services; Service comparison; Service utilisation; Socio demographic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SPAIN; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ITALY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; SPAIN;

EID: 13844254007     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0860-y     Document Type: Article

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