Association between depression and healthcare expenditures among elderly cancer patients

Abstract Background Both depression and cancer are economically burdensome. However, how depression affects the healthcare expenditures of elderly cancer patients from payers’ and patients’ perspectives is largely unknown. This study investigated whether depression resulted in higher healthcare expe...

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Main Authors: Dian Gu, Robert O. Morgan, Ruosha Li, Ellerie S. Weber, Chan Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-020-02527-x