How are caseload and service utilisation of psychiatric services influenced by distance? A geographical approach to the study of community-based mental health services

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 881-891

  Zulian, Grazia ^a   Donisi, Valeria ^a   Secco, Giacomo ^b   Pertile, Riccardo ^a   Tansella, Michele ^a   Amaddeo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Geographic information system; Mental health; Service utilisation; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052327353     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0257-4     Document Type: Article

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