The level of non-Western immigrants' use of acute psychiatric care compared with ethnic Norwegians over an 8-year period

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-222

  Berg, John E ^a  

^a LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Access to treatment; Acute psychiatry; Epidemiology; Gender difference; Immigrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL PSYCHOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; IRAN; IRAQ; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOROCCO; NORWAY; PAKISTAN; PARANOIA; PREVALENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOMALIA; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; USSR; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349576370     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480802571010     Document Type: Article

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