We show that #depression comes with a heavy #multimorbidity burden and substantial personal and Australian health system #costs. Pain, inflammation, anxiety, and metabolic–cardiovascular #comorbidities were common and the burden increased with older age, higher BMI, and depression severity.
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Burden of health comorbidities and associated health care costs in the Australian genetics of depression study using the medication-based Rx-risk comorbidity index
Depression is associated with substantial multimorbidity and elevated healthcare utilization. This study characterised treated comorbidities and healt…
