Characteristics associated with purchasing antidepressant or antianxiety medications through primary care in Israel

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1041-1046

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Gross, Revital ^e   Yaari, Aviv ^b   Feldhamer, Elan ^b   Balicer, Ran ^b,c   Goldfracht, Margalit ^b,d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e Technion ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PURCHASING; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 80054834973     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.9.pss6209_1041     Document Type: Article

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