Hospital costs associated with depression in a cohort of older men living in Western Australia
| Autor: | A.M. Prina, Carol Brayne, Martijn Huisman, Leon Flicker, Graeme J. Hankey, Bu B. Yeap, Osvaldo P. Almeida |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Sociology, The Social Context of Aging (SoCA), EMGO+ - Quality of Care, Epidemiology and Data Science, EMGO - Quality of care |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Gerontology
Male Prospective data Cohort Studies Medicine Humans General hospital Hospital Costs Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Estimation Aged 80 and over business.industry Depression Western Australia Length of Stay Hospital care Past history Hospitalization Psychiatry and Mental health Case-Control Studies Cohort Multivariate Analysis Regression Analysis business Geriatric psychiatry |
| Zdroj: | General Hospital Psychiatry, 36(1), 33-37. Elsevier Inc. Prina, A M, Huisman, M, Yeap, B B, Hankey, G J, Flicker, L, Brayne, C & Almeida, O P 2014, ' Hospital costs associated with depression in a cohort of older men living in Western Australia ', General Hospital Psychiatry, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 33-37 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.08.009 |
| ISSN: | 0163-8343 |
| Popis: | Background: There is lack of information of the hospital costs related to depression. Here, we compare the costs associated with general hospital admissions over 2 years between older men with and without a documented past history of depression. Methods: A community-based cohort of older men living in Perth, Western Australia, was assessed at baseline between 2001 and 2004 and followed up for 2 years by prospective data linkage. The participants were selected randomly from the Australia electoral roll. Two-year hospital costs were estimated. Results: Among 5411 patients, 75% of 339 men with depressive symptoms had at least one hospital admission compared with 61% of 5072 men without depression (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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