Effects of Depression on the Subsequent Year’s Healthcare Expenditures Among Older Adults: Two-Year Panel Study

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 225-241

  Choi, Sunha ^a   Hasche, Leslie ^b   Nguyen, Duy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Healthcare expenditures; Older adults; Service utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84939891544     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-014-9324-4     Document Type: Article

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