Workplace performance effects from chronic depression and its treatment

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 511-535

  Berndt, Ernst R ^a   Finkelstein, Stan N ^a   Greenberg, Paul E ^b   Howland, Robert H ^c   Keith, Alison ^d   Rush, A John ^e   Russell, James ^f   Keller, Martin B ^g  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Analysis Group/Economics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic depression; Workplace performance

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRODUCTIVITY; WORKPLACE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EFFICIENCY; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031694288     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6296(97)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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