Health services use for mental health problems by community-living seniors with depression

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 554-570

  Cole, Martin G ^a,b   McCusker, Jane ^a   Sewitch, Maida ^a   Ciampi, Antonio ^a   Dyachenko, Alina ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Health services use

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 41549146372     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610207005935     Document Type: Article

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