Suboptimal depression screening following cancer diagnosis

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 547-554

  Jones, Laura E ^a   Doebbeling, Caroline Carney ^b,c  

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

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Claims data; Depression; Screening; Veterans Health Administration

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RISK; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 36048952763     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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