Longitudinal racial/ethnic disparities in antimanic medication use in bipolar-I disorder

Medical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1217-1228

  Busch, Alisa B ^a,b   Huskamp, Haiden A ^b   Neelon, Brian ^b   Manning, Tim ^b   Normand, Sharon Lise T ^b,c   McGuire, Thomas G ^b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Health care disparities; Health services research; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; TRANQUILIZER; VALPROIC ACID;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MONOTHERAPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; RACE; STATISTICS;

ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAID; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73349096961     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181adcc4f     Document Type: Article

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