Rural and urban disparities in health-related quality of life among veterans with psychiatric disorders

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 851-856

  Wallace, Amy E ^a,b   Weeks, William B ^a,b   Wang, Stanley ^c,d   Lee, Austin F ^e   Kazis, Lewis E ^c,d  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT FORM 36; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VETERAN;

EID: 33744903431     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2006.57.6.851     Document Type: Article

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