Geographic Barriers to Community-Based Psychiatric Treatment for Drug-Dependent Patients

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1093-1103

  Mennis, Jeremy ^a   Stahler, Gerald J ^a   Baron, David A ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

accessibility; addiction; drug treatment; place and health; substance use

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG USER; ETHNICITY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LOGISTICS; MENTAL HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864550110     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2012.657142     Document Type: Article

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