Health Care Costs of Primary Care Patients With Recognized Depression
Archives of General PsychiatryPublished 1 October 1995
Gwendal Simon
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D diagnosis of depression is associated with a generalized increase in use of health services that is only partially explained by comorbid medical conditions, and in the primary care sector, this greater medical utilization exceeds direct treatment costs for depression.
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Diagnosis of depression is associated with a generalized increase in use of health services that is only partially explained by comorbid medical conditions. In the primary care sector, this greater medical utilization exceeds direct treatment costs for depression. The persistence of utilization differences suggests that recognition and initiation of treatment alone are not adequate to reduce utilization differences.
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