Preferences of the public regarding cutbacks in expenditure for patient care: Are there indications of discrimination against those with mental disorders?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 369-377

  Schomerus, Georg ^a   Matschinger, Herbert ^a   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Illness beliefs; Mental illness; Public preferences; Resource allocation; Stigma; Structural discrimination

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESPONSIBILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUDGETS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STEREOTYPING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646400834     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0029-8     Document Type: Article

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