Cost-effectiveness analysis of a rural telemedicine collaborative care intervention for depression

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 812-821

  Pyne, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Fortney, John C ^a,b   Tripathi, Shanti Prakash ^b   Maciejewski, Matthew L ^c   Edlund, Mark J ^b   Williams, D Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 12; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 77955890375     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2010.82     Document Type: Article

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