Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 10 , Pages 1880-1886 , October 2008

Do Secondary Conditions Explain the Relationship Between Depression and Health Care Cost in Women With Physical Disabilities?

  • Robert O. Morgan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Management, Policy, and Community Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Robert O. Morgan, PhD, Division of Management, Policy, and Community Health, University of Texas School of Public Health, 1200 Herman Pressler, Room E-343, Houston, TX 77030
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  • Margaret M. Byrne, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
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  • Rosemary B. Hughes, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Montana Rural Institute on Disabilities, Missoula, MT
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  • Nancy J. Petersen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Veterans Health Affairs, Houston, TX
    • Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Heather B. Taylor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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  • Susan Robinson-Whelen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Jennifer C. Hasche, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Veterans Health Affairs, Houston, TX
    • Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Margaret A. Nosek, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Research on Women with Disabilities, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

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 Supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (grant no. RO4/CCR618805), the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Service through the Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies (grant no. HFP 90-020), and the HSR&D's Measurement Excellence in Training and Research Information Center (grant no. RES 03-235).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.03.011

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 10 , Pages 1880-1886 , October 2008

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