Hospital costs associated with depression in a cohort of older men living in Western Australia

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-37

  Prina, A Matthew ^a,b,c   Huisman, Martijn ^d,e   Yeap, Bu B ^f,g   Hankey, Graeme J ^b,h   Flicker, Leon ^b,f,h   Brayne, Carol ^a   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^b,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost; Depression; Geriatric psychiatry; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; PREDICTION; VERY ELDERLY;

COST; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84891275172     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.08.009     Document Type: Article

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