“Sorry, I’m Not Accepting New Patients”: An Audit Study of Access to Mental Health Care

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 168-183

  Kugelmass, Heather ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bias; field experiment; mental health care; race; social class

Indexed keywords

BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84974628256     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146516647098     Document Type: Article

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