The cumulative effects of quality improvement for depression on outcome disparities over 9 years: Results from a randomized, controlled group-level trial

Medical Care

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1052-1059

  Wells, Kenneth B ^a,b,c,d   Sherbourne, Cathy D ^a   Miranda, Jeanne ^b,c   Tang, Lingqi ^b,c   Benjamin, Bernadette ^a   Duan, Naihua ^e  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative outcome disparities; Quality improvement for depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COUNSELING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37349056039     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31813797e5     Document Type: Article

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