Who is diagnosed as suffering from depression in the German statutory health care system? An analysis of health insurance data

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 397-403

  Bramesfeld, Anke ^a   Grobe, Thomas G ^b   Schwartz, Friedrich Wilhelm ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Institute for Social Medicine Epidemiology and Health System Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Health Insurance Data; Health Service Use; Outpatient Care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34447339095     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-007-9128-z     Document Type: Article

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