The economic burden of bipolar-related phases of depression versus mania

Drug Benefit Trends

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 569-575

  Fu, Alex Z ^a   Krishnan, Anu A ^b   Harris, Sonya D ^b   Thompson, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar depression; Bipolar disorder; Health care costs; Managed care; Mania

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR MANIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE;

EID: 13844318883     PISSN: 10805826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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