General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 73-76, January 2008

Hospital length of stay for children and adolescents diagnosed with depression: is primary payer an influencing factor?

  • David A. Sclar, B.Pharm., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmacoepidemiology Research Unit, Washington State University, P.O. Box 646510, Pullman, WA 99164-6510, USA
    • Department of Health Policy and Administration, Washington State University, Pullman, P.O. Box 646510, Pullman, WA 99164-6510, USA
    • Department of Statistics, Washington State University, Pullman, P.O. Box 646510, Pullman, WA 99164-6510, USA
    • Department of Pharmacotherapy, Washington State University, P.O. Box 646510, Pullman, WA 99164-6510, USA
    • Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training, Spokane, WA 99210-1495, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmacoepidemiology Research Unit, Department of Health Policy and Administration, Washington State University, P.O. Box 646510, Pullman, WA 99164-6510, USA. Tel.: +1 509 335 8039; fax: +1 509 335 4775.
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  • Linda M. Robison, M.S.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmacoepidemiology Research Unit, Washington State University, P.O. Box 646510, Pullman, WA 99164-6510, USA
    • Department of Health Policy and Administration, Washington State University, Pullman, P.O. Box 646510, Pullman, WA 99164-6510, USA
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  • Corrine Gavrun, M.B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmacoepidemiology Research Unit, Washington State University, P.O. Box 646510, Pullman, WA 99164-6510, USA
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  • Tracy L. Skaer, B.Pharm., Pharm.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmacoepidemiology Research Unit, Washington State University, P.O. Box 646510, Pullman, WA 99164-6510, USA
    • Department of Health Policy and Administration, Washington State University, Pullman, P.O. Box 646510, Pullman, WA 99164-6510, USA
    • Department of Pharmacotherapy, Washington State University, P.O. Box 646510, Pullman, WA 99164-6510, USA

Received 6 July 2007; accepted 8 August 2007.

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PII: S0163-8343(07)00143-0

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.08.003

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 73-76, January 2008

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