Functional status and somatization as predictors of medical offset in anxious and depressed patients

Value in Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-50

  Fifer, Sheila K ^a,e   Buesching, Don P ^d   Henke, Curtis J ^a,b,c   Potter, Lori P ^a   Mathias, Susan D ^a   Schonfeld, Warren H ^a   Patrick, Donald L ^b  

^a Lewin Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^e IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Health related quality of life; Medical offset; Outcomes of mental health care; Somatization

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COST CONTROL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MONEY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; SOMATIZATION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0037286452     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4733.2003.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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