English language proficiency and mental health service use among latino and Asian Americans with mental disorders

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1097-1104

  Bauer, Amy M ^a   Chen, Chih Nan ^a   Alegría, Margarita ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; health disparities; mental disorders; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650171238     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181f80749     Document Type: Article

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