Cognitive Appraisals of Specialty Mental Health Services and Their Relation to Mental Health Service Utilization in the Rural Population

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-151

  Deen, Tisha L ^a   Bridges, Ana J ^a   Mcgahan, Tara C ^a   Andrews Iii, Arthur R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Health disparities; Mental health; Rural; Utilization of health services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84859166966     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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