Relation between depressed mood, somatic comorbidities and health service utilisation in older adults: Results from the KORA-Age study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-190

  Lacruz, Maria Elena ^a   Emeny, Rebecca Thwing ^a   Haefner, Sibylle ^a   Zimmermann, Anja Kerstin ^a   Linkohr, Birgit ^a   Holle, Rolf ^a   Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depressed mood; Somatic comorbidities and health service utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF NEGLECT; SOMATIC DELUSION;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857224478     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr162     Document Type: Article

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