Racial differences in the treatment of veterans with bipolar disorder

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1549-1555

  Kilbourne, Amy M ^a,b,h   Bauer, Mark S ^d   Han, Xiaoyan ^e   Haas, Gretchen L ^a,b   Elder, Patrick ^a   Good, Chester B ^a,b   Shad, Mujeeb ^f   Conigliaro, Joseph ^g   Pincus, Harold ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOOD STABILIZER;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 29044435053     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.12.1549     Document Type: Article

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