Insured and non-insured depressed outpatients: How do they compare?

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-82

  Lesser, Ira M ^a,b   Leuchter, Andrew F ^b   Trivedi, Madhukar H ^c   Davis, Lori L ^d,e   Wisniewski, Stephen R ^f   Balasubramani, G K ^f   Fava, Maurizio ^g   Rush, A John ^c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Demographic features; Depression; Outpatients; Primary care; Private clinics; Public clinics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UNEMPLOYMENT; WIDOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITALOPRAM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, PSYCHIATRIC; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447118193     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401230701334671     Document Type: Article

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