Abstract:Background: Canada, a temperate country with four defined seasons incurs an annual productivity loss of over $30 billion on major depressive disorder (MDD); however it remains unknown whether inpatient hospitalization for MDD exhibits seasonal variations. Objective: Our study objective was to determine if there are seasonal variations in hospitalization rates for MDD in Canada. Methods: We used time series analysis to determine monthly rates of hospitalizations for MDD from 2006 -2013, on data from population … Show more
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