Early discontinuation of antidepressants in general practice: Association with patient and prescriber characteristics

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 623-629

  Hansen, Dorte Gilså ^a   Vach, Werner ^a   Rosholm, Jens Ulrik ^b   Søndergaard, Jens ^a   Gram, Lars F ^a   Kragstrup, Jakob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adherence; Antidepressive agents; Family practice; Physician's practice patterns; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; MIRTAZAPINE; NEFAZODONE; PAROXETINE; REBOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 10644227623     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh608     Document Type: Article

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