The Functioning and Well-being of Depressed Patients: Results From the Medical Outcomes Study

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 262, Issue 7, 1989, Pages 914-919

  Wells, Kenneth B ^a,b   Stewart, Anita ^c   Hays, Ron D ^a   Burnam, M Audrey ^a   Rogers, William ^a   Daniels, Marcia ^a   Berry, Sandra ^a   Greenfield, Sheldon ^a,d   Ware, John ^a,d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANGINA PECTORIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BED REST; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0024361590     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03430070062031     Document Type: Article

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