Comparison of assertive community treatment programs in urban massachusetts and rural north carolina

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 236-246

  Siskind, Dan ^a,b   Wiley Exley, Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assertive community treatment (ACT); Mental health; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67449127096     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-009-0208-0     Document Type: Article

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