Open AccessDepression-Related Costs in Heart Failure Care
Author(s) -
Mark D. Sullivan,
Greg Simon,
John A. Spertus,
Joan Russo
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.162.16.1860
Subject(s) - medical prescription , medicine , depression (economics) , emergency medicine , pharmacy , antidepressant , comorbidity , retrospective cohort study , health care , medical record , medical costs , cohort , psychiatry , family medicine , nursing , economics , macroeconomics , economic growth , anxiety
Behavioral factors may play a role in heart failure (HF) care costs by increasing hospital readmission rates. This study sought to estimate the effect of depression on health care costs for patients hospitalized for HF.
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