Who receives depression-specific treatment? A secondary data-based analysis of outpatient care received by over 780,000 statutory health-insured individuals diagnosed with depression

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 475-486

  Boenisch, Stefanie ^a   Kocalevent, Rueya Daniela ^a   Matschinger, Herbert ^a   Mergl, Roland ^a   Wimmer Brunauer, Claudia ^b   Tauscher, Martin ^b   Kramer, Dietmar ^b   Hegerl, Ulrich ^a   Bramesfeld, Anke ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians Bavaria   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Depression; Health care; Outpatients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862680008     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0355-y     Document Type: Article

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