Screening for depression in primary care

Drug Benefit Trends

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 273-274

  Pomerantz, Jay M ^a,b  

^a Harvard Medical School ^*

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; SCREENING; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 23944435001     PISSN: 10805826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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