Depressive Symptoms and Total Healthcare Costs: Roles of Functional Limitations and Multimorbidity.
John T SchousboeTien N VoAllyson M KatsLisa LangsetmoSusan J DiemBrent C TaylorElsa S StrotmeyerKristine E EnsrudPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2019)
Depressive symptoms were associated with higher subsequent healthcare costs attributable, in part, to greater functional limitations and multimorbidity among those with symptoms. Importantly, even mild depressive symptoms were associated with higher healthcare costs. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:1596-1603, 2019.