What drives referral from primary care physicians to mental health specialists? A randomized trial using actors portraying depressive symptoms

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 584-589

  Kravitz, Richard L ^a,g   Franks, Peter ^b   Feldman, Mitchell ^c   Meredith, Lisa S ^d   Hinton, Ladson ^b   Franz, Carol ^b   Duberstein, Paul ^e   Epstein, Ronald M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Mental health; Primary care; Referral patterns; Specialty consultation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRAMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33744463388     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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