Assessing racial/ethnic disparities in treatment across episodes of mental health care

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 206-229

  Cook, Benjamin Lê ^a   Zuvekas, Samuel H ^b   Carson, Nicholas ^a   Wayne, Geoffrey Ferris ^c   Vesper, Andrew ^d   McGuire, Thomas G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

episodes of care; longitudinal data; panel data; psychotropic drug use; Racial ethnic disparities in mental health care

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EPISODES OF CARE; LONGITUDINAL DATA; PANEL DATA; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG USE; RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EPISODE OF CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84892826587     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12095     Document Type: Article

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