Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 23-32 , March 2003

Cost–effectiveness of a primary care intervention for depressed females

  • Jeffrey M Pyne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, 116F2/NLR, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2200 Fort Roots Drive, 72114 North Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-501-257-1083; fax: +1-501-257-1749
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  • Jeffrey Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
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  • John Fortney

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, 116F2/NLR, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2200 Fort Roots Drive, 72114 North Little Rock, AR, USA
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  • Mingliang Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, 116F2/NLR, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 2200 Fort Roots Drive, 72114 North Little Rock, AR, USA
    • Current address: Department of Health Economics and Pricing, Johnson & Johnson, Raritan, NJ, USA.
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  • D.Keith Williams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biometry, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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  • Kathryn Rost

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA

Received 2 March 2001 ,Revised 27 November 2001 ,Accepted 10 April 2002.

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☆ An earlier version of this work was presented at the Fifth Workshop on Costs and Assessment in Psychiatry sponsored by the World Psychiatric Association Section on Mental Health Economics, Chicago, May 2000.

PII: S0165-0327(02)00115-5

doi: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00115-5

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 23-32 , March 2003

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