Electroconvulsive therapy for major depression within the Veterans Health Administration

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 21-25

  Pfeiffer, Paul N ^a,b   Valenstein, Marcia ^a,b,c   Hoggatt, Katherine J ^d   Ganoczy, Dara ^a   Maixner, Dan ^b,c   Miller, Erin M ^b,c   Zivin, Kara ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Depression; ECT; Services; Utilization; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953222562     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2010.09.023     Document Type: Article

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