Access to Rural Mental Health Services: Service Use and Out-of-Pocket Costs

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 214-224

  Ziller, Erika C ^a   Anderson, Nathaniel J ^a   Coburn, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Insurance; Mental health; Policy; Utilization of health services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955138162     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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