The gatekeeper system and disparities in use of psychiatric care by neighbourhood education level: Results of a nine-year cohort study in Toronto

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Steele, Leah S ^a,b   Glazier, Richard H ^a,c,d   Agha, Mohammad ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 67650544876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2009.20683     Document Type: Article

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