Improving the cost-effectiveness of a healthcare system for depressive disorders by implementing telemedicine: A health economic modeling study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 253-262

  Lokkerbol, Joran ^a,b   Adema, Dirk ^b   Cuijpers, Pim ^b   Reynolds III, Charles F ^c   Schulz, Richard ^c   Weehuizen, Rifka ^d   Smit, Filip ^e  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Pittsburgh ^*  (France)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Depressive disorder; E health; Health economic modeling; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUDGET; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNET; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; TELEMEDICINE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; E-HEALTH; HEALTH ECONOMIC MODELING; PREVENTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84898648296     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.058     Document Type: Article

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