Health services utilization in Jerusalem under terrorism

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1355-1361

  Levav, Itzhak ^a   Novikov, Ilya ^b   Grinshpoon, Alexander ^b   Rosenblum, Joseph ^b   Ponizovsky, Alexander ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TERRORISM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; CIVIL DISORDER; HEALTH SERVICE; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCES; CIVIL DISORDERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES; HOTLINES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TERRORISM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85047697553     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2006.163.8.1355     Document Type: Article

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