Designing Payment for Collaborative Care for Depression in Primary Care

The objective of this study was to design a bundled case rate that aligned with the variation found in evidence-based depression care in primary care or Collaborative Care for Depression. The investigation's findings supported a monthly case rate design that better matched payment with variation compared with a one-year fixed design.

Site link:

PubMed [1]

Publication:

Health Services Research

Publication date:

October 2011

Authors:

Bao Y, Casalino LP, Ettner SL, Bruce ML, Solberg LI, Unützer J.

Keywords:

collaborative care [2]

depression [3]

primary care [4]

payment [5]

bao [6]

Unutzer [7]

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