Depression care following psychiatric hospitalization in the veterans health administration

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Pfeiffer, Paul N ^a,b   Ganoczy, Dara ^a   Bowersox, Nicholas W ^a,b   McCarthy, John F ^a,b   Blow, Frederic C ^a,b   Valenstein, Marcia ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 80052975030     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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