Racial and ethnic disparities in the continuation of community-based children's mental health services

Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 116-129

  Aratani, Yumiko ^a   Cooper, Janice L ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862746988     PISSN: 10943412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11414-011-9261-z     Document Type: Article

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