The impact of comorbid depression on health resource utilization in a community sample of people with epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-342

  Cramer, Joyce A ^a   Blum, David ^b   Fanning, Kristina ^c   Reed, Michael ^c   Cramer, Joyce ^d   Dean, Patricia ^d   Ettinger, Alan ^d   Gibson, Patricia ^d   Gilliam, Frank ^d   Harden, Cynthia ^d   Kanner, Andrew ^d   Shafer, Patricia ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c VEDANTA RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Depression; Epilepsy; Health resources

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; POSTAL MAIL; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042582598     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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