Racial-ethnic differences in access, diagnosis, and outcomes in public-sector inpatient mental health treatment

Psychological Services

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 158-166

  Delphin Rittmon, Miriam E ^a   Flanagan, Elizabeth H ^a   Andres Hyman, Raquel ^b   Ortiz, Jose ^c   Amer, Mona M ^d   Davidson, Larry ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL   (United States)

^d The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Access; African Americans; Disparities; Hispanic Americans; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84929326588     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: 1939148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038858     Document Type: Article

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