Examining the relationship between clinical monitoring and suicide risk among patients with depression: Matched case-control study and instrumental variable approaches

Health Services Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5 PART 1, 2010, Pages 1205-1226

  Kim, Hyungjin Myra ^b,c   Eisenberg, Daniel ^c   Ganoczy, Dara ^d   Hoggatt, Katherine ^c   Austin, Karen L ^d   Downing, Karen ^d   McCarthy, John F ^a,b,d   Ilgen, Mark ^a,b,d   Valenstein, Marcia ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d VA Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

case control; depression treatment; HEDIS visit; instrumental variable; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; VETERAN;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG MONITORING; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956601313     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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