Editorial: The costs of depression and the cost-effectiveness of treatment;Editorial: Die kosten der depression und die wirtschaftlichkeit ihrer behandlung

Psychiatrische Praxis

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 213-215

  König, Hans Helmut ^a   Luppa, Melanie ^b   Riedel Heller, Steffi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE; ABSENTEEISM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; STATISTICS;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG COSTS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 77954404265     PISSN: 03034259     EISSN: 14390876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1248510     Document Type: Editorial

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