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Implementation of a care manager organisation and its association with antidepressant medication patterns: a register-based study of primary care centres in Sweden.

Christine SandheimerCecilia BjörkelundGunnel HensingKirsten MehligTove Hedenrud
Published in: BMJ open (2021)
Public PCCs had a more consistent antidepressant medication pattern compared with private PCCs that gained more by introducing a care manager organisation. It was possible to document a significant decrease in inadequate medication users, notwithstanding that PCCs in the region followed the guidelines to a comparatively high extent regardless of present care manager organisation.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • primary care
  • quality improvement
  • palliative care
  • major depressive disorder
  • adverse drug
  • mental health
  • emergency department
  • general practice
  • electronic health record