Evidence-Based Care For Depression In Managed Primary Care Practices
Health AffairsPublished 1 September 1999
Lisa V. Rubenstein, Maga Jackson‐Triche, Jürgen Unützer, João Victor Martins de Miranda, Katy Minnium, M L Pearson
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It is determined that local practice leaders are able to implement predesigned interventions for improving depression care in managed care organizations based on evaluation of adherence to the intervention protocol.
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This paper evaluates whether externally designed, evidence-based interventions for improving care for depression can be locally implemented in managed care organizations. The interventions were carried out as part of a randomized trial involving forty-six practices within six diverse, nonacademic managed care plans. Based on evaluation of adherence to the intervention protocol, we determined that local practice leaders are able to implement predesigned interventions for improving depression care. Adherence rates for most key intervention activities were above 70 percent, and many were near 100 percent. Three intervention activities fell short of the goal of 70 percent implementation and should be targets for future improvement.
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