The use of outpatient mental health care services of migrants vis-à-vis Dutch natives: Equal access?

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 342-350

  Koopmans, G T ^a   Uiters, E ^b   Deville W ^c,d   Foets, M ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Language mastery; Migrants; Outpatient mental health care; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE MASTERY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCULTURATION; LANGUAGE MASTERY; MIGRANTS; OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880539134     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764012437129     Document Type: Article

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