Service availability and utilization and treatment gap for schizophrenic disorders: A survey in 50 low- and middle-income countries;Disponibilidad y utilización de los servicios y desigualdad en el tratamiento de trastornos esquizofrénicos: encuesta realizada en 50 países de ingresos bajos y medios

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-54

  Lora, Antonio ^a   Kohn, Robert ^b   Levav, Itzhak ^c   McBain, Ryan ^d   Morris, Jodi ^e   Saxena, Shekhar ^e  

^a A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84855281878     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.089284     Document Type: Article

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