Health status, resource consumption, and costs of dysthymic patients in Italian primary care

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-125

  Barbui, Corrado ^a   Garattini, Livio ^a,b   Krulichova, Iva ^a   Apolone, Giovanni ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INST PHARMACOL RES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cost; Dysthymia; Health status; Italy; Resource consumption

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3042700483     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1121189X00003341     Document Type: Article

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