An algorithm to identify antidepressant users with a diagnosis of depression from prescription data

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Population

Patients treated with antidepressants for depression from prescription databases

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Discussion

May aid database research on antidepressants; leaves open generalizability and impact on clinical care.

Population

Patients treated with antidepressants for depression from prescription databases

Intervention

Algorithm to identify antidepressant users with a diagnosis of depression

The study provides a validated algorithm to identify depressed patients treated with antidepressants using prescription data.

Gardarsdóttir et al. (2008) studied this question.

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