The effect of major and minor depression on medicare home healthcare services use

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 669-675

  Friedman, Bruce ^a,b   Delavan, Rachel L ^a   Sheeran, Thomas H ^c   Bruce, Martha L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Home healthcare; Medicare; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME HEALTH AGENCY; HOME MENTAL HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MINOR DEPRESSION; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REHABILITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEW YORK; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63849165454     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02186.x     Document Type: Article

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