General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 20-25 , January 2008

Major depression, depression treatment and quality of primary medical care

  • Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 404 727 3211.
    • ,
  • Kimberly Rask, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    • Emory Center on Health Outcomes and Quality, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    • ,
  • Wayne J. Katon, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA

Received 28 June 2007 ,Accepted 29 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.08.015

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 20-25 , January 2008

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