Quality of care for anxiety and depression in different ethnic groups by family practitioners in urban areas in the Netherlands

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 368-376

  Fassaert, Thijs ^a,b   Nielen, Mark ^c   Verheij, Robert ^c   Verhoeff, Arnoud ^a,b   Dekker, Jack ^d,e   Beekman, Aartjan ^d,f   de Wit, Matty ^a  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Section Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^f GGZ InGeest   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common mental disorders; Ethnic minority groups; Family practitioners; Netherlands; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG RESPONSE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; URBAN AREA; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURINAME; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURINAME; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77954590915     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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