Gender differences in the use of psychiatric outpatient specialist services in Tromsø, Norway are dependent on age: A population-based cross-sectional survey

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hansen, Anne Helen ^a   Høye, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Health care utilisation; Mental health care; Norway; Psychiatric specialist services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84944706364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1146-z     Document Type: Article

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