Treatment costs, cost offset, and cost-effectiveness of collaborative management of depression

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-149

  Von Korff, Michael ^a,c   Katon, Wayne ^b   Bush, Terry ^a   Lin, Elizabeth H B ^a   Simon, Gregory E ^a   Saunders, Kathleen ^a   Ludman, Evette ^a   Walker, Edward ^b   Unutzer, Jurgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Clinical trial; Cost effectiveness; Costs of care; Depression; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031899975     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199803000-00005     Document Type: Article

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