title: Geographic variation in alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health services utilization: what is the role of physician practice patterns?
abstract: The researchers found that psychiatrists, in comparison with non-psychiatrist physicians, had a lower assessment of their overall ability to provide patients with the quality of care they believe necessary. (2) The findings also indicate that patients' personal characteristics may explain greater variation in treatment and assessment of ADM conditions than geographic variation.
authors.affiliation: Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO), USA; nicole.hudson@academyhealth.org
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hudson
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000628:therapy; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011570:Psychiatry; D017062:Small-Area Analysis; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy