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Health service use by adults with depression: community survey in five European countries
— evidence from the ODIN study | | Author(s) | Cherie McCracken, Odd Steffen Dalgard, Jose Luis Ayuso-Mateos |
| Journal title | British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 189, August 2006 |
| Pages | pp 161-167 |
| Source | http://bjp.rcpsych.org |
| Keywords | Depression ; Health services ; Usage [services] ; Comparison ; Ireland ; Finland ; Norway ; Spain ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | One of the aims of the Outcomes of Depression International Network (ODIN) has been to examine patterns and predictors of health service use across Western Europe. The present study examined the cost and use of services by adults with depressive or adjustment disorders in five European countries, also predictive factors. 427 people aged 18-65 with depressive or adjustment disorders in Ireland, Finland, Norway, Spain and the UK provided information on predisposition (demographics, social support), enablement (country, urban/rural, social function) and need (symptom severity, perceived health status) for services. Outcome measures were self-reported use, the Client Services Receipt Inventory (CSRI), and costs of general practice, generic, psychiatric or social services in the previous 6 months. Less frequent use was made of generic services in Norway and of psychiatric services in the UK. Severity of depression, perceived health status, social functioning and level of social support were significant predictors of use. The number of people able to provide support was positively associated with greater health service use. Individual participant factors provided greater explanatory power than national differences in healthcare delivery. The association between social support and service use suggests that interventions may be needed for those who lack social support. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060918206 A |
| Classmark | ENR: L: QLD: 48: 763: 76L: 76N: 76S: 8 |
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