Creation and validation of a linear index to measure the health state of patients with depression in automated healthcare databases

• Main Authors: Maëlys Touya (Author), François-Xavier Lamy (Author), Adrian Tanasescu (Author), Delphine Saragoussi (Author), Clément François (Author), Alan G. Wade (Author), Pierre-Michel Llorca (Author), Christophe Lançon (Author), Bruno Falissard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and objective: We previously built a weighted Depressive Health State Index (DHSI) based on 29 parameters routinely collected in an automated healthcare database (AHDB). We now propose a linear DHSI (L-DHSI) which is easier to use and to replicate across AHDBs. Methods: A historical cohor...