Correlates of late-life major depressions: A comparison of urban and rural primary care patients

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-41

  Friedman, Bruce ^a,b   Conwell, Yeates ^a   Delavan, Rachel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Box 644 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Primary care; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICARE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBABILITY; RURAL AREA; SHORT FORM 36; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33846250400     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000224732.74767.ad     Document Type: Article

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