Social inequalities in new antidepressant treatment: A study at the individual and neighborhood levels

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 99-105

  Bocquier, Aurélie ^a,b,c   Cortaredona, Sébastien ^a,b,c   Verdoux, Hélène ^d,e   Sciortino, Vincent ^f   Nauleau, Stève ^g   Verger, Pierre ^a,b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIV   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE RÉGIONAL DE LA SANTÉ PROVENCE ALPES CÔTE D AZUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f National Health Insurance Fund for Salaried Workers   (France)

^g Agence régionale de santé PACA Regional Health Agency   (France)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Antidepressants; Multilevel analysis; Neighborhood; Socioeconomic Factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873428593     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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