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| J UnutzerSummaryAffiliation: University of Washington Country: USA Publications
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Increased medical costs of a population-based sample of depressed elderly patientsWayne J Katon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, 98195 6560, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:897-903. 2003..We examined whether older adults with depressive symptoms below the diagnostic threshold and those with DSM-IV major depression and/or dysthymia have higher medical costs than those without depression...
Cost-effectiveness of collaborative care including PST and an antidepressant treatment algorithm for the treatment of major depressive disorder in primary care; a randomised clinical trialMarjoliek A IJff
Program Diagnosis and Treatment, Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
BMC Health Serv Res 7:34. 2007..These treatment strategies may also work very well in the Netherlands too, even though health care systems differ between countries...- Depressive symptoms and the cost of health services in HMO patients aged 65 years and older. A 4-year prospective studyJ Unutzer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
JAMA 277:1618-23. 1997..To examine whether depressive symptoms in older adults contribute to increased cost of general medical services... - Reducing suicidal ideation in depressed older primary care patientsJurgen Unutzer
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:1550-6. 2006..To determine the effect of a primary care-based collaborative care program for depression on suicidal ideation in older adults... - Transforming mental health care at the interface with general medicine: report for the presidents commissionJurgen Unutzer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington Medical Center, Box 356560, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:37-47. 2006.... - From establishing an evidence-based practice to implementation in real-world settings: IMPACT as a case studyJurgen Unutzer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Box 356560, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Psychiatr Clin North Am 28:1079-92. 2005 - Pharmacotherapy of pain in depressed older adultsJurgen Unutzer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:1916-22. 2004..To examine pharmacotherapy for pain in a sample of 1,801 depressed older primary care patients... - Long-term cost effects of collaborative care for late-life depressionJurgen Unutzer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 356560, 1959 NE Pacific St, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Am J Manag Care 14:95-100. 2008..To determine the long-term effects on total healthcare costs of the Improving Mood: Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment (IMPACT) program for late-life depression compared with usual care... 
Healthcare costs associated with depression in medically Ill fee-for-service medicare participantsJurgen Unutzer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:506-10. 2009..To examine the association between depression and healthcare costs in medically ill fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare recipients...- Clinical practice. Late-life depressionJurgen Unutzer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
N Engl J Med 357:2269-76. 2007 - Stepped collaborative care for primary care patients with persistent symptoms of depression: a randomized trialW Katon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle 98195, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 56:1109-15. 1999..Despite improvements in the accuracy of diagnosing depression and use of medications with fewer side effects, many patients treated with antidepressant medications by primary care physicians have persistent symptoms... - Predictors of outcome in a primary care depression trialE A Walker
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, Wash 98195, USA
J Gen Intern Med 15:859-67. 2000..We examined whether depression severity, comorbid psychiatric illness, and personality factors might play a role in this lack of response... - Can depression treatment in primary care reduce disability? A stepped care approachE H Lin
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Center for Health Studies, Met Park II, 1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1600, Seattle, WA 98101 1448, USA
Arch Fam Med 9:1052-8. 2000..To assess effects of stepped collaborative care depression intervention on disability... - A randomized trial of relapse prevention of depression in primary careW Katon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 35 6560, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 58:241-7. 2001..We hypothesized that a relapse prevention intervention would improve adherence to antidepressant medication and improve depression outcomes in high-risk patients compared with usual primary care... - Population-based care of depression: effective disease management strategies to decrease prevalenceW Katon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington Medical School, Seattle, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 19:169-78. 1997..We apply these concepts to the organization of services for patients with major depression... - Cost-effectiveness of a collaborative care program for primary care patients with persistent depressionG E Simon
Center for Health Sudies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington 98101 1148, USA
Am J Psychiatry 158:1638-44. 2001..The authors evaluated the incremental cost-effectiveness of stepped collaborative care for patients with persistent depressive symptoms after usual primary care management... - Costs of health care use by women HMO members with a history of childhood abuse and neglectE A Walker
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 56:609-13. 1999..We examined differences in annual health care use and costs in women with and without histories of childhood sexual, emotional, or physical abuse or neglect... - Can quality improvement programs for depression in primary care address patient preferences for treatment?M Dwight-Johnson
Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Med Care 39:934-44. 2001..Depression is common in primary care, but rates of adequate care are low. Little is known about the role of patient treatment preferences in encouraging entry into care... - Quality of care for primary care patients with depression in managed careK B Wells
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Arch Fam Med 8:529-36. 1999..To evaluate the process and quality of care for primary care patients with depression under managed care organizations... - Improving depression care: barriers, solutions, and research needsM Von Korff
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Fam Pract 50:E1. 2001.... - Health care utilization and costs among patients treated for bipolar disorder in an insured populationG E Simon
Center for Health Studies of the Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Psychiatr Serv 50:1303-8. 1999..The study examined health care utilization and costs among patients treated for bipolar-spectrum disorders in an insured population... - Utilization management in a large managed behavioral health organizationA Koike
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, USA
Psychiatr Serv 51:621-6. 2000..The utilization management process of a managed behavioral health organization was examined to determine the frequency and types of reviews and the extent to which rationing of service was achieved through the denial of services... - Prevalence, incidence, and persistence of major depressive symptoms in the Cardiovascular Health StudyStephen M Thielke
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Aging Ment Health 14:168-76. 2010..To explore the association of major depressive symptoms with advancing age, sex, and self-rated health among older adults... - PEARLS depression treatment for individuals with epilepsy: a randomized controlled trialPaul Ciechanowski
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 6560, USA
Epilepsy Behav 19:225-31. 2010..The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to determine the effectiveness of PEARLS, a home-based program for managing depression in adult individuals with epilepsy and clinically significant acute and chronic depression... - Problematic substance use, depressive symptoms, and gender in primary careC A Roeloffs
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles 90024, USA
Psychiatr Serv 52:1251-3. 2001..Men were significantly more likely than women to have received counseling about drug or alcohol use from their primary care practitioner... - Recommendations for treating depression in community-based older adultsLesley E Steinman
Department of Health Services, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:175-81. 2007..To present recommendations for community-based treatment of late-life depression to public health and aging networks... - Large medical databases, population-based research, and patient confidentialityG E Simon
Center ofr Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101 1448, USA
Am J Psychiatry 157:1731-7. 2000..This article is a discussion of the use of large clinical databases in population-based research on psychiatric disorders...
Research Grants
- The Role of Depression in Medicare's New "Chronic Care Improvement Program"Jurgen Unutzer; Fiscal Year: 2006..Our findings will help CMS strengthen the CCIP and will help public and private policymakers implement effective disease management programs for chronic medical illness and comorbid depression. ..