Do users of mental health services lack access to general practitioner services?

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Do users of mental health services lack access to general practitioner services?

Objective: To compare rates of visits to a general practitioner between users and non-users of mental health services (MHS). Design, participants and setting: Population-based retrospective cohort study of 204 727 users and 294 076 matched non-users of MHS in Western Australia from 1 January 1990 to...

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Main Authors:	Mai, Q., Holman, C D., Sanfilippo, F., Emery, J., Stewart, Louise
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd. 2010
Subjects:	general practitioner mental health services (MHS) hospital admissions Medicare linked records alcohol/drug disorders schizophrenia and affective psychoses
Online Access:	https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2010/192/9/do-users-mental-health-services-lack-access-general-practitioner-services http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35201

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