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Title
Somatization increases medical utilization and costs independent of psychiatric and medical comorbidity.
Authors
Barsky, Arthur J; Orav, E John; Bates, David W
Abstract
Somatoform disorders are an important determinant of medical care utilization, but their independent effect on utilization is difficult to determine because somatizing patients frequently have psychiatric and medical comorbidity.
Publication
Archives of general psychiatry, 2005, Vol 62, Issue 8, p903