Antidepressant use: Concordance between self-report and claims records

Medical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 368-374

  Kwon, Anne ^a   Bungay, Kathleen M ^a   Yu, Pei ^a   Rogers, William H ^a   Wilson, Ira B ^a   Qi, Zhou ^b   Adler, David A ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Tufts Health Plan   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant exposure; Medication use; Pharmacy claims; Self report

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BOSTON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0037364269     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200303000-00005     Document Type: Article

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