Chronic Medical Illness, Depression, and Use of Acute Medical Services Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Medical CarePublished 13 May 2004
Seth Himelhoch, Wendy E. Weller, Albert W. Wu, Gerard F. Anderson, Lisa A. Cooper
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For elderly individuals with at least 1 chronic medical condition, the presence of a depressive syndrome increased the odds of acute medical service use, suggesting that improvements in clinical management, access to mental health services, and coordination of medical andmental health services could reduce utilization.
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For elderly individuals with at least 1 chronic medical condition, the presence of a depressive syndrome increased the odds of acute medical service use, suggesting that improvements in clinical management, access to mental health services, and coordination of medical and mental health services could reduce utilization.
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