Use of health services for major depressive and anxiety disorders in Finland

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-37

  Hamalainen J ^a,b   Isometsa E ^a,c   Sihvo, S ^a   Pirkola, S ^a   Kiviruusu, O ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Eastern Health Centre   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; General population; Health care utilization; Major depressive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 38949101580     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20256     Document Type: Article

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