The Cost-Effectiveness of Screening Primary Care Patients for Depression

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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?

Depression is an illness in which patients feel “down” and often lose interest in life. These feelings are sometimes …

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  1. Ann Intern Med March 6, 2001 vol. 134 no. 5 S83
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