The effect of depression on use of emergency department services in Hong Kong Chinese older adults with diabetes

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 900-902

  Chou, Kee Lee ^a   Ho, Andy H Y ^a   Chi, Iris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 25444508223     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1382     Document Type: Article

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