Opportunities for depression disease management: A pharmacy benefit manager's experience

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 61-67

  Fulop, George ^a,b   Kelly, Miriam A ^a,b   Robinson Jr , Don ^a,b   Brown, Dale R ^a,b   Carides, Pauline ^a,b   Brookler, Richard ^a,b   Nattaya Suppapanya, M S ^a,b  

^a LLC   (United States)

^b Medical Policy and Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DEPRESSION; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL PHARMACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS, PHARMACEUTICAL; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 0032692917     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1999)10:2<61::AID-DA4>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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