Disparities in the geography of serious mental illness in Israel

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 898-910

  Hudson, Christopher G ^a   Soskolne, Varda ^b  

^a SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Mental health disparities; Needs assessment; Serious mental illness; Small area estimation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELING;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL AREA ESTIMATION METHOD; SOCIAL STATUS;

ISRAEL;

EID: 84861926601     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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