Insurance status and demographic and clinical factors associated with pharmacologic treatment of depression: Associations in a cohort in Buenos Aires

Value in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  MacHnicki, Gerardo ^a   Dillon, Carol ^a   Allegri, Ricardo F ^a,b  

^a Hospital General de Agudos Dr Abel Zubizarreta   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Neurologicas Raul Carrera   (Argentina)

Author keywords

antidepressants; depression; insurance; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MIXED DEPRESSION AND DEMENTIA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ARGENTINA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DRUG COSTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052626295     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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