Disparity in location of urban mental service providers

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-43

  Ronzio, Cynthia R ^a,e   Guagliardo, Mark F ^b   Persaud, Navita ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance; Mental health services; Race ethnicity; Sociodemographics; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33745161344     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.1.37     Document Type: Article

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