Psychiatric disorders in primary medical care are prevalent, frequently undetected, under-treated, and costly. Studies report that psychiatric disorders are associated with high utilization of healthcare, but the stability of high utilization has not been systematically examined. Medical records...

The empirical evidence concerning the relationship of psychiatric disorders to health care utilization and costs is mixed and primarily retrospective. Therefore, a case-control study was conducted to prospectively examine the association of psychiatric disorders with health care utilization in...