Adjusting for patient characteristics and selection effects in assessment of community mental health centers

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-258

  Deb, Partha ^a   Holmes, Ann M ^b   Deliberty, Richard N ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cummins Mental Health Center Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health outcomes; Provider profiling; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIANA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2142758781     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000114913.12520.6b     Document Type: Article

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