Rural clinics implementing collaborative care for low-income patients can achieve comparable or better depression outcomes.
Diane M PowersDeborah J BowenRobert F AraoMelinda VredevoogdJoan RussoTess GroverJürgen UnützerPublished in: Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare (2020)
Three quarters of participating primary care clinics, adapting CoCM for limited resource settings, exceeded depression response outcomes reported in a controlled research trial and mirrored results of large-scale quality improvement implementations. Future research should examine quality improvement strategies to address clinic-level variation and sustain improvements in clinical outcomes achieved. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
Keyphrases
- quality improvement
- primary care
- patient safety
- end stage renal disease
- depressive symptoms
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- healthcare
- prognostic factors
- randomized controlled trial
- study protocol
- emergency department
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- general practice
- patient reported outcomes
- current status
- weight loss
- glycemic control