Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 268-274 , July 2004

Adjustment to antidepressant utilization rates to account for depression in remission

  • Cynthia A. Beck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Cynthia A. Beck, M.D., M.A.Sc., Department of Psychiatry, Foothills Medical Centre, 1403 29 St NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 2T9 Canada
    • ,
  • Scott B. Patten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

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☆ Supported by a Clinical Fellowship in Health Research, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (C.A.B.). S.B.P. is a Fellow with the Institute of Health Economics.

PII: S0010-440X(04)00039-2

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.03.003

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 268-274 , July 2004

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