Australia's Better Access initiative: An evaluation

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 726-739

  Pirkis, Jane ^a   Ftanou, Maria ^a   Williamson, Michelle ^a   MacHlin, Anna ^a   Spittal, Matthew J ^a   Bassilios, Bridget ^a   Harris, Meredith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Better Access; Medicare; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BETTER ACCESS; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; KESSLER 10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80052449872     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.594948     Document Type: Article

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