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- Title
Geriatric Depression, Antidepressant Treatment, and Healthcare Utilization in a Health Maintenance Organization.
- Authors
Fischer, Lucy Rose; Wei, Feifei; Rolnick, Sharon J; Jackson, Jody M; Rush, William A; Garrard, Judith M; Nitz, Nicole M; Luepke, Lori J
- Abstract
Focuses on the assessment of the separate effects of depressive symptoms and antidepressants treatment on healthcare utilization and cost. Association between depression and higher medical utilization and cost; Definition of depression; Survey on health maintenance organization; Use of regression analysis in conducting the study.
- Subjects
GERIATRIC psychiatry; ANTIDEPRESSANTS; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2002, Vol 50, Issue 2, p307
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50063.x