A budget impact analysis of telemedicine-based collaborative care for depression

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 872-880

  Fortney, John C ^a,b   MacIejewski, Matthew L ^c,d   Tripathi, Shanti P ^a,b   Deen, Tisha L ^a,b   Pyne, Jeffrey M ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cost; depression; implementation; telemedicine; utilization

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMEDICINE;

COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 80052182077     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31821d2b35     Document Type: Article

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