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Resource use and costs associated with patients treated for depression in primary care.
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- Sobocki, P (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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Ekman, M (author)
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- Ågren, Hans, 1945 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för psykiatri och neurokemi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry
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- Krakau, I (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Runeson, B (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Mårtensson, B (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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Jönsson, B (author)
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- 2006-12-13
- 2006
- English.
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In: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1618-7598.
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- We investigated medical resource consumption, productivity loss and costs associated with patients treated with antidepressants for depression in primary care in Sweden. Patients on treatment for depression were followed naturalistically for six months, and data on patients' characteristics, daily activity and resource-use were collected. The total cost per patient was estimated at 5,500 (95%CI 5,000-6,100) over six months in 2005 prices. Direct costs were estimated at 1,900 ( 1,700-2,200), 35% of total costs, and indirect costs at 3,600 ( 3,100-4,100), 65% of total costs. The cost for antidepressants represented only 4% of the total costs. We conclude that the burden of depression is high, both to the individual as well as to wider society, and there seems to be a particular need for therapies that have the potential to improve productivity in depressed patients.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)
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