Racial differences in visit duration of outpatient psychiatric visits

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-221

  Olfson, Mark ^a   Cherry, Donald K ^b   Lewis Fernández, Roberto ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59649107526     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.523     Document Type: Article

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