The complementarity of two major Australian primary mental health care initiatives

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 997-1004

  Bassilios, Bridget ^a   Pirkis, Jane ^a   Fletcher, Justine ^a   Burgess, Philip ^b   Gurrin, Lyle ^a   King, Kylie ^a   Kohn, Fay ^a   Blashki, Grant ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access to Allied Psychological Services; Better Access; Better Outcomes; Equity; Primary mental health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78049512654     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2010.495052     Document Type: Article

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