Improving Primary Care for Depression in Late Life: The Design of a Multicenter Randomized Trial

Medical Care

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 785-799

  Unützer, Jürgen ^a   Katon, Wayne ^b   Williams Jr , John W ^c   Callahan, Christopher M ^d   Harpole, Linda ^e   Hunkeler, Enid M ^f   Hoffing, Marc ^g   Arean, Patricia ^h   Hegel, Mark T ⁱ   Schoenbaum, Michael ^j   Oishi, Sabine M ^a   Langston, Christopher A ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^g Desert Medical Group   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^k The John A Hartford Foundation   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DYSTHYMIA; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0039731244     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200108000-00005     Document Type: Article

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