Improving care for depression: There's no free lunch

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 544-546

  Rubenstein, Lisa V ^a,b,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750133890     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-7-200610030-00013     Document Type: Editorial

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