Are There Racial Disparities in Psychotropic Drug Use and Expenditures in a Nationally Representative Sample of Men in the United States? Evidence From the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 82-90

  Pierre, Geraldine ^a,b   Thorpe, Roland J ^a,b   Dinwiddie, Gniesha Y ^b,c   Gaskin, Darrell J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Morgan Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; health inequality disparity; health policy issues; mental health

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACCESS TO CARE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INEQUALITY/DISPARITY; HEALTH POLICY ISSUES; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCESS TO CARE; HEALTH INEQUALITY/DISPARITY; HEALTH POLICY ISSUES; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890089490     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988313496564     Document Type: Article

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