Perceived access to general medical and psychiatric care among veterans with bipolar disorder

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 720-727

  Zeber, John E ^a,b   Copeland, Laurel A ^a,b   McCarthy, John F ^c,d   Bauer, Mark S ^e,f   Kilbourne, Amy M ^c,d  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^e PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN; ADDICTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 63149140799     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.131318     Document Type: Article

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