The objective of this book was to assess and compare elderly Medicare beneficiaries occurrence of depression and associated treatment following a thrombotic cardiovascular event (TCE) for 1) annual prevalence rates, 2) healthcare services utilization outcomes in the first twelve months following a TCE, and 3) the occurrence of recurrent TCEs or death in the first twelve months following a TCE. The exploration used elders enrolled in the 1997 to 2002 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey with a TCE. Depression was assessed by a claim within six months after the TCE. Univariate, bivariate, and...