Impact of medicare Part D on antidepressant treatment, medication choice, and adherence among older adults with depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 989-997

  Donohue, Julie M ^a   Zhang, Yuting ^a   Aiju, Men ^a   Perera, Subashan ^a   Lave, Judith R ^a   Hanlon, Joseph T ^a   Reynolds, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; depression; insurance coverage; medicare

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY;

EID: 82255184253     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3182051a9b     Document Type: Article

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