Access of behavioral health patients to prescribing professionals

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-254

  Greenberg, Greg A ^a,b   Myer, Jennifer ^a   Sernyak, Mike ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b,c,d  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Education   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nurses; Prescriber; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 33646482102     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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