Wells K B
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Neurosciences, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, USA.
J Clin Psychiatry. 1997;58 Suppl 1:24-7.
Depression is a socially important condition that is often undertreated. This article reviews data from the Medical Outcomes Study illustrating the policy importance of depression, highlighting style of treatment under prepaid managed or fee-for-service care and strategies to improve the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of care.
抑郁症是一种社会层面较为重要但常常未得到充分治疗的疾病。本文回顾了医疗结果研究中的数据，阐述了抑郁症在政策方面的重要性，着重介绍了预付管理式医疗或按服务收费医疗模式下的治疗方式，以及提高医疗成本效益和效率的策略。
