Race-ethnicity and diagnosis as predictors of outpatient service use among treatment initiators

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1285-1291

  Elwy, A Rani ^a,b   Ranganathan, Gayatri ^b   Eisen, Susan V ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; RACISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55249127524     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.11.1285     Document Type: Article

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