Physicians' satisfaction with a collaborative disease management program for late-life depression in primary care

A total of 450 primary care physicians at 18 participating clinics participated in a satisfaction survey before and 12 months after IMPACT initiation. The preintervention survey focused on physicians' satisfaction with current mental health resources and ability to provide depression care. Physicians were very satisfied with the IMPACT collaborative care model for treating depressed older adults and felt that similar care management models would also be helpful for treating other chronic medical illnesses.

Site link:

PubMed.gov [1]

Publication:

Gen Hosp Psychiatry

Publication date:

2005 Nov-Dec;27(6):383-91

Authors:

Levine S, Unützer J, Yip JY, Hoffing M, Leung M, Fan MY, Lin EH, Grypma L, Katon W, Harpole LH, Langston CA.

Keywords:

primary care physician [2]

IMPACT [3]

satisfaction [4]

research [5]

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