The role of basic health insurance on depression: An epidemiological cohort study of a randomized community sample in Northwest China

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tian, Donghua ^a   Qu, Zhiyong ^a   Wang, Xiaohua ^a   Guo, Jing ^a   Xu, Fan ^a   Zhang, Xiulan ^a   Chan, Cecilia L ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Depression; Health insurance; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHINESE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866512524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-151     Document Type: Article

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