TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Chronic Disease
KW - Community Mental Health Centers/standards
KW - Comprehensive Health Care
KW - Continuity of Patient Care
KW - Female
KW - Health Care Surveys
KW - Health Services Accessibility/standards/statistics & numerical data
KW - Humans
KW - Insurance, Psychiatric
KW - Male
KW - Mental Disorders/diagnosis/economics/therapy
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Patient Satisfaction
KW - Primary Health Care/standards/utilization
KW - Quality Indicators, Health Care
KW - United States
AU - Levinson Miller
AU - B. G. Druss
AU - E. A. Dombrowski
AU - R. A. Rosenheck
A1 - 
AB - People with chronic mental disorders may be at risk of reduced access to medical treatment and poor quality of medical care. The authors examined receipt of and barriers to medical treatment among patients at a community mental health center. Fifty-nine patients completed a validated instrument for measuring access to medical care and the quality of primary care. Their responses indicated problems with access to care, and their scores were significantly lower than those of the general population on all four domains used to assess the quality of primary medical care. The findings suggest the need for community mental health centers to better assess and address barriers to primary medical care.
BT - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CP - 8
CY - United States
IS - 8
JF - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
N2 - People with chronic mental disorders may be at risk of reduced access to medical treatment and poor quality of medical care. The authors examined receipt of and barriers to medical treatment among patients at a community mental health center. Fifty-nine patients completed a validated instrument for measuring access to medical care and the quality of primary care. Their responses indicated problems with access to care, and their scores were significantly lower than those of the general population on all four domains used to assess the quality of primary medical care. The findings suggest the need for community mental health centers to better assess and address barriers to primary medical care.
PP - United States
PY - 2003
SN - 1075-2730; 1075-2730
SP - 1158
EP - 1160
EP - 
T1 - Barriers to primary medical care among patients at a community mental health center
T2 - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
TI - Barriers to primary medical care among patients at a community mental health center
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 12883146
VL - 54
VO - 1075-2730; 1075-2730
Y1 - 2003
ER -