Health beliefs and depression in a group of elderly high utilizers of medical services

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-99

  Levinson, Carolyn M ^a   Druss, Benjamin G ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Health beliefs; Service use

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SENESCENCE;

EID: 14844309358     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.09.010     Document Type: Article

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