The economic burden of depression in the United States: How did it change between 1990 and 2000?

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1465-1475

  Greenberg, Paul E ^a   Kessler, Ronald C ^b   Birnbaum, Howard G ^a   Leong, Stephanie A ^a   Lowe, Sarah W ^a   Berglund, Patricia A ^c   Corey Lisle, Patricia K ^d  

^a ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; MORTALITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALARY; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE COST; SUICIDE;

COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FORECASTING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 1242338645     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v64n1211     Document Type: Article

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