Health care costs before and after diagnosis of depression in patients with unexplained pain: a retrospective cohort study using the United Kingdom General Practice Research Database
Author(s) -
Catherine Reed,
Hồng,
Diego Novick,
Lenox-Smith,
Happich
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinicoeconomics and outcomes research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.591
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 1178-6981
DOI - 10.2147/ceor.s38323
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , retrospective cohort study , cohort , diagnosis code , medical prescription , health care , cohort study , pediatrics , emergency medicine , physical therapy , population , environmental health , economics , pharmacology , macroeconomics , economic growth
To assess the impact of pain severity and time to diagnosis of depression on health care costs for primary care patients with pre-existing unexplained pain symptoms who subsequently received a diagnosis of depression.
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