A census-based socio-economic status (SES) index as a tool to examine the relationship between mental health services use and deprivation

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2096-2105

  Tello, Juan Eduardo ^a   Jones, Julia ^a   Bonizzato, Paola ^a   Mazzi, Mariangela ^a   Amaddeo, Francesco ^a   Tansella, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Census based socio economic status (SES) index; Community based mental health services; Geography of Mental Health, Italy

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL HEALTH; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ITALY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24344503048     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.04.018     Document Type: Article

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