The application of sample selection models to outcomes research: The case of evaluating the effects of antidepressant therapy on resource utilization

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1943-1958

  Crown, William H ^a   Obenchain, Robert L ^b   Englehart, Luella ^c   Lair, Tamra ^d   Buesching, Don P ^b   Croghan, Thomas ^b,e  

^a MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d Watson Wyatt Worldwide   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; TRAZODONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SAMPLING;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0031670364     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19980915)17:17<1943::AID-SIM885>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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