Patterns of care for depressed older adults in a large-staff model HMO

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-243

  Unützer, Jürgen ^a   Katon, Wayne ^a   Russo, Joan ^a   Simon, Gregory ^a   Bush, Terry ^a   Walker, Edward ^a   Lin, Elizabeth ^a   Van Korff, Michael ^a   Ludman, Evette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; FLUOXETINE; IMIPRAMINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DEPRESSION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

EID: 0033014750     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-199908000-00008     Document Type: Article

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