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Depression and Comorbid Illness in Elderly Primary Care Patients: Impact on Multiple Domains of Health Status and Well-being

Polly Hitchcock Noël, John W. Williams, Jürgen Unützer, Jason Worchel, Shuko Lee, John Cornell, Wayne Katon, Linda H. Harpole and Enid Hunkeler
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2004, 2 (6) 555-562; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.143
Polly Hitchcock Noël
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John W. Williams Jr
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Jürgen Unützer
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vol. 2 no. 6 555-562
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.143
PubMed 
15576541

Published By 
The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication August 15, 2003
  • Revision received January 19, 2004
  • Accepted for publication February 10, 2004
  • Published online December 2, 2004.

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© 2004 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

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  1. Polly Hitchcock Noël, PhD1,2,
  2. John W. Williams Jr, MD, MHS3,4,
  3. Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH5,
  4. Jason Worchel, MD6,
  5. Shuko Lee, MS1,
  6. John Cornell, PhD1,2,
  7. Wayne Katon, MD7,8,
  8. Linda H. Harpole, MD, MPH4 and
  9. Enid Hunkeler, MA9
  1. 1VERDICT, an HSR&D Center of Excellence, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Tex
  2. 2University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Tex
  3. 3Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC
  4. 4Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
  5. 5University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif
  6. 6Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Austin, Tex
  7. 7University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash
  8. 8Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, Wash
  9. 9Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, Oakland, Calif
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Polly Hitchcock Noël, PhD, VERDICT, an HSR&D Center of Excellence, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, 7400 Merton Minter Blvd (11C6), San Antonio, TX 78229-4404, pollyh{at}verdict.uthscsa.edu.

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