Mental illness and principal physical diagnoses among Asian American and Pacific Islander users of emergency services

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1061-1079

  Huey, Jen Chen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ADMISSION; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544449726     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840500280729     Document Type: Article

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