Unpacking Collaborative Care for Depression: Examining Two Essential Tasks for Implementation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined how two key process-of-care tasks of the collaborative care model (CCM) predict patient depression outcomes.

Methods

Registry data were from a large implementation of the CCM in Washington State and included 5,439 patient-episodes for patients age 18 or older with a baseline Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) score of ≥10 and at least one follow-up contact with the CCM care manager within 24 weeks of initial contact. Key CCM tasks examined were at least one care manager follow-up contact within four weeks of initial contact and at least one psychiatric consultation between weeks 8 and 12 for patients not responding to treatment by week 8. Clinically significant improvement in depression symptoms was defined as achieving a PHQ-9 score of <10

SUBMITTER: Bao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5445658 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature