Service use for mental health reasons: Cross-provincial differences in rates, determinants, and equity of access

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 614-619

  Vasiliadis, Helen Maria ^a,b   Lesage, Alain ^a,b   Adair, Carol ^c   Boyer, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental health; Service use

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

EID: 31744446753     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370505001007     Document Type: Article

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