Patterns of Depression Treatment in Medicare Beneficiaries with Depression after Traumatic Brain Injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 1223-1229

  Albrecht, Jennifer S ^a   Kiptanui, Zippora ^b   Tsang, Yuen ^c   Khokhar, Bilal ^c   Smith, Gordon S ^a   Zuckerman, Ilene H ^b,c   Simoni Wastila, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IMPAQ International LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

antidepressants; depression; older adults; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMOXAPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOXEPIN; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; IMIPRAMINE; ISOCARBOXAZID; NORTRIPTYLINE; PAROXETINE; PHENELZINE; PROTRIPTYLINE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN INJURIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICARE PART D; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938342252     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2014.3651     Document Type: Article

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