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Depression
increases frequency of poor out comes among
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those
suffering from diabetes
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When co-occurring results can include:
poor compliance with
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treatment
recommendations, increased symptoms, and increased
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likelihood
of lethal complication. Culpepper, 2002
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In a
study of Medicare claims data involving over 200,000
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older
subjects, researchers found that people with diabetes and
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depression
“seek treatment for more services and and when
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admitted
spend more time in impatient facilities than claimants
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without
major depression.” Finklestein, et al, 2002
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