Factors associated with duration of new antidepressant treatment: Analysis of a large primary care database

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 595, 2012, Pages

  Burton, Christopher ^a   Anderson, Niall ^a   Wilde, Katie ^b   Simpson, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antidepressive agents; Clinical practice variation; Depressive disorder; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84856891635     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp12X625166     Document Type: Article

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