Quality improvement in depression care in the Netherlands: The depression breakthrough collaborative. A quality improvement report

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Franx, Gerdien ^a   Meeuwissen, Jolanda A C ^a   Sinnema, Henny ^a   Spijker, Jan ^a   Huyser, Jochanan ^b   Wensing, Michel ^c   de Lange, Jacomine ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b JellinekMentrum   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breakthrough collaborative; Care pathway; Depression; Multidisciplinary teams; Quality improvement; Stepped care

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052089123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.314     Document Type: Article

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