Care-seeking as a proxy indicator of the mental health of elderly Brazilians.
Luís Fernando Silva Castro de AraújoDaiane B MachadoMaurício L BarretoPublished in: Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) (2020)
Publicly available data from DATASUS may not enable inferences about the prevalence of mental disorders in elders, but inferential analyses match what is known about these conditions. This approach is supplemental to other more common ones and is of special importance for policymakers and health system managers.