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The Cost of Depression-Related Presenteeism in Resident Physicians

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Acknowledgements

We thank the participating interns and program directors for the time that they invested in this study.

Funding

The project was supported by grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (R01 MH101459 (SS)) and a Young Investigator Grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (SS).

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  1. VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Tracey Rosen & Kara Zivin

  2. University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Kara Zivin & Srijan Sen

  3. University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Daniel Eisenberg

  4. Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

    Constance Guille

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Rosen, T., Zivin, K., Eisenberg, D. et al. The Cost of Depression-Related Presenteeism in Resident Physicians. Acad Psychiatry 42, 84–87 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-017-0867-1

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