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GPs’ drug treatment for depression by patients’ educational level: registry-based study

Anneli Borge Hansen, Valborg Baste, Oystein Hetlevik, Inger Haukenes, Tone Smith-Sivertsen and Sabine Ruths
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (2): BJGPO-2020-0122. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO-2020-0122
Anneli Borge Hansen
1 Research Unit for General Practice, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway
2 Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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  • For correspondence: ahan{at}norceresearch.no
Valborg Baste
1 Research Unit for General Practice, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway
MSc. Statistics, PhD
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Oystein Hetlevik
1 Research Unit for General Practice, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway
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Inger Haukenes
1 Research Unit for General Practice, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway
2 Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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vol. 5 no. 2 BJGPO-2020-0122
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO-2020-0122
PubMed 
33563702

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History 
  • Received July 10, 2020
  • Accepted September 2, 2020
  • Published online April 26, 2021.

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  1. Anneli Borge Hansen, MD1,2,*,
  2. Valborg Baste, MSc. Statistics, PhD1,
  3. Oystein Hetlevik, MD, PhD1,2,
  4. Inger Haukenes, MSc. Philosophy, PhD1,2,
  5. Tone Smith-Sivertsen, MD, PhD1,3 and
  6. Sabine Ruths, MD, PhD1,2
  1. 1 Research Unit for General Practice, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway
  2. 2 Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
  3. 3 Division of Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Anneli Borge Hansen, ahan{at}norceresearch.no
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