Racial/ethnic differences in health care visits made before suicide attempt across the United States

Medical Care

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 430-435

  Ahmedani, Brian K ^a   Stewart, Christine ^b   Simon, Gregory E ^b   Lynch, Frances ^c   Lu, Christine Y ^d   Waitzfelder, Beth E ^e   Solberg, Leif I ^f   Owen Smith, Ashli A ^e   Beck, Arne ^e   Copeland, Laurel A ^g   Hunkeler, Enid M ^h   Rossom, Rebecca C ^f   Williams, Keoki ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^f HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

health care; health services; race ethnicity; suicide; suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE USE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928496920     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000335     Document Type: Article

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