Co-morbidity and health care utilisation five years prior to diagnosis for depression. A register-based study in a Swedish population

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Depressive disorders have been associated with a number of co-morbidities, and we hypothesized that patients with a depression diagnosis would be heavy users of health care services, not only when first evaluated for depression, but...

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Main Authors: Carstensen John, Magnusson Henrik, Andersson David, Borgquist Lars
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/552