Improving evidence-based management of depression for older Americans in primary care: If not now, when?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2083-2085

  Reynolds III, Charles F ^a   Cruz, Mario ^a   Teh, Carrie Farmer ^a   Rollman, Bruce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL WORKER;

AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 36849093508     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01477.x     Document Type: Editorial

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