Health care costs before and after diagnosis of depression in patients with unexplained pain: A retrospective cohort study using the United Kingdom General Practice Research Database

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-47

  Reed, Catherine ^a   Hong, Jihyung ^b   Novick, Diego ^a   Lenox Smith, Alan ^a   Happich, Michael ^c  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c LILLY DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost; Depression; GPRD; Pain; UK

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84872701896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CEOR.S38323     Document Type: Article

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