The Association Between Rural Residence and the Use, Type, and Quality of Depression Care

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-213

  Fortney, John C ^a,b,c   Harman, Jeffrey S ^d   Xu, Stanley ^e   Dong, Fran ^f  

^a Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) North Little Rock   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Mental health; Quality; Rural; Utilization of health services

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ARKANSAS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF-ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955156447     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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