Impact of distance and facility of initial diagnosis on depression treatment

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 768-786

  Pfeiffer, Paul N ^a,b   Glass, Joseph ^b   Austin, Karen ^b,c   Valenstein, Marcia ^b   McCarthy, John F ^a   Zivin, Kara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; antidepressant; geographic; psychotherapy; services

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 79955634515     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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