The burden of depressive symptoms and various chronic conditions and health concerns on the quality of life among those with Medicare Supplement Insurance

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 948-958

  Ozminkowski, Ronald J ^a   Musich, Shirley ^b   Bottone Jr , Frank G ^b   Hawkins, Kevin ^b   Bai, Ming ^b   Unützer, Jürgen ^c   Hommer, Cynthia E ^a   Migliori, Richard J ^a   Yeh, Charlotte S ^d  

^a United Health Group Alliances   (United States)

^b OPTUM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d AARP   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; Medicare; Medigap insurance; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864714930     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2806     Document Type: Review

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