Private health insurance, mental health and service use in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 468-475

  Leach, Liana S ^a   Butterworth, Peter ^a   Whiteford, Harvey ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

mental health; Private health insurance; service use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84865292032     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867411434713     Document Type: Article

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