Ethnic disparities in accessing treatment for depression and substance use disorders in an integrated health plan

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-76

  Satre, Derek D ^a   Campbell, Cynthia I ^b   Gordon, Nancy P ^b   Weisner, Constance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; health care disparities; managed care; substance use disorder (SUD)

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DISULFIRAM; NALTREXONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77954712609     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.40.1.e     Document Type: Article

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