Removing obstacles to eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in behavioral health care

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 991-999

  Alegría, Margarita ^a   Alvarez, Kiara ^a   Ishikawa, Rachel Zack ^a   DiMarzio, Karissa ^a   McPeck, Samantha ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE CENTER; FIELD STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84973454198     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0029     Document Type: Article

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