Have education and publicity about depression made a difference? Comparison of prevalence, service use and excess costs in South Australia: 1998 and 2004

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-53

  Goldney, Robert ^a   Fisher, Laura ^a   Dal Grande, Eleonora ^b   Taylor, Anne ^b   Hawthorne, Graeme ^c  

^a Adelaide Clinic   (Australia)

^b Population Research and Outcome Studies Unit   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Economic analysis; Health service utilization; Public health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WORK RESUMPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34248159575     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670601050465     Document Type: Article

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