Implementing the Institute of Medicine definition of disparities: An application to mental health care

Health Services Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1979-2005

  McGuire, Thomas G ^a   Alegria, Margarita ^b   Cook, Benjamin L ^a   Wells, Kenneth B ^c   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Mental health; Statistical adjustment for health status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE (U.S.); INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748929160     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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