Health Care Costs of Primary Care Patients with Recognized Depression

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 850-856

  Simon, Gregory E ^a   Vonkorff, Michael ^a   Barlow, William ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RECORDS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028843716     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1995.03950220060012     Document Type: Article

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