Can routine information improve case finding of depression among 65 to 74 year olds in primary care?

Family Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 520-522

  Freudenstein, Ulrich ^a   Arthur, Antony ^b   Matthews, Ruth ^c   Jagger, Carol ^c  

^a Easton Family Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Diagnosis; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING;

EID: 0036772469     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/19.5.520     Document Type: Article

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