Older patients with serious mental illness: Sensitivity to distance barriers for outpatient care

Medical Care

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1073-1080

  McCarthy, John F ^a   Blow, Frederic C ^b  

^a Ann Arbor VA Health Services   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Access to care; Aging; Outpatient utilization; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOSIS; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLDIER;

EID: 8144221566     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200411000-00006     Document Type: Article

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