Healthcare costs associated with depression in medically ill fee-for-service medicare participants

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 506-510

  Unützer, Jürgen ^a   Schoenbaum, Michael ^b   Katon, Wayne J ^a   Fan, Ming Yu ^a   Pincus, Harold A ^c   Hogan, Diane ^d   Taylor, Jennifer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Green Ribbon Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Medical costs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449205251     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02134.x     Document Type: Article

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