Is the impact of depressive complaints on the use of general health care services dependent on severity of somatic morbidity?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-50

  Koopmans, Gerrit T ^a   Lamers, Leida M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic medical illness; Depression; Effect modification; Health care utilization; Mental distress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 33745269253     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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