Impact of Mental Health Visits on Healthcare Cost in Patients with Diabetes and Comorbid Mental Health Disorders

• Leonard E. Egede ,

  * E-mail: egedel@musc.edu

  Affiliation Center for Health Disparities Research, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Mulugeta Gebregziabher,

  Affiliations Health Equity and Rural Outreach Innovation Center, Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Yumin Zhao,

  Affiliations Health Equity and Rural Outreach Innovation Center, Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Center for Health Disparities Research, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Clara E. Dismuke,

  Affiliations Health Equity and Rural Outreach Innovation Center, Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Center for Health Disparities Research, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Rebekah J. Walker,

  Affiliations Health Equity and Rural Outreach Innovation Center, Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Center for Health Disparities Research, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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• Kelly J. Hunt,

  Affiliations Health Equity and Rural Outreach Innovation Center, Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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• R. Neal Axon

  Affiliations Health Equity and Rural Outreach Innovation Center, Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Center for Health Disparities Research, Division of General Internal Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

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