Inadequate follow-up care for depression and its impact on antidepressant treatment duration among veterans with and without diabetes mellitus in the Veterans Health Administration

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 465-474

  Jones, Laura E ^a,b   Turvey, Carolyn ^c,f   Carney Doebbeling, Caroline ^b,d,e  

^a RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Depression; Diabetes mellitus; Follow up care; Veterans Health Administration

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; TREATMENT DURATION; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 33750496615     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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