Depression diagnoses following the identification of bipolar disorder: Costly incongruent diagnoses

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Stensland, Michael D ^a   Schultz, Jennifer F ^b   Frytak, Jennifer R ^c  

^a Agile Outcomes Research Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c i3 Innovus   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECURRENCE;

EID: 77954326167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-39     Document Type: Article

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