Racial/ethnic minority children's use of psychiatric emergency care in California's public mental health system

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-124

  Snowden, Lonnie R ^a   Masland, Mary C ^a   Libby, Anne M ^b,c   Wallace, Neal ^d   Fawley, Kya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; RACE DIFFERENCE; CHILD WELFARE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAID; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAID; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY AREAS;

EID: 38449096411     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.105361     Document Type: Article

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