prevalence, correlates, and disease patterns of antidepressant use in taiwan：台湾抗抑郁药物使用的患病率，相关性和疾病模式.pdfVIP

Available online at Comprehensive Psychiatry 52 (2011) 662 – 669 /locate/comppsych Prevalence, correlates, and disease patterns of antidepressant use in Taiwan a,b b,c, ⁎ d a Chien-Cheng Kuo , I-Chia Chien , Ching-Heng Lin , Wen-Guang Lee , Yiing-Jenq Choub , Cheng-Hua Leef,g , Pesus Choub,e aJianan Mental Hospital, Department of Health, Tainan, Taiwan bDepartment of Public Health Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan cTaoyuan Mental Hospital, Department of Health, Taoyuan, Taiwan dTaichung Veteran General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan eCommunity Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan fInstitute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan gBureau of National Health Insurance, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan Abstract Objective: We used the population-based National Health Insurance database to investigate the prevalence, correlates, and disease patterns of antidepressant use in Taiwan. Methods: The National Health Research Institutes provided a database of 200 000 random subjects for study. We obtained a random sample of 145 304 subjects 18 years or older in 2004. Study subjects who had been given