Rural older adults' mental health: Status andchallenges in care delivery

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bocker, E ^a   Glasser, M ^a   Nielsen, K ^a   Weidenbacher Hoper, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Depression; Mental health; Older adults; Primary health care; USA.

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84872042732     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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