Capitation and racial and ethnic differences in use and cost of public mental health services

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 456-464

  Snowden, Lonnie R ^a   Wallace, Neal T ^b   Kang, Soo Hyang ^a   Cheng, Jur Shan ^a   Bloom, Joan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Ethnic differences; Latino; Mental health; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CAPITATION FEE; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 34548360521     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-007-0126-y     Document Type: Article

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