General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , January 2012

Are patient characteristics associated with quality of depression care and outcomes in collaborative care programs for depression?

  • Amy M. Bauer, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 206 221 8385; fax: +1 206 543 9520.
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  • Vanessa Azzone, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • Laurie Alexander, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Alexander Behavioral Healthcare Consulting, Seattle, WA 98122, USA
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  • Howard H. Goldman, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21227, USA
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  • Jürgen Unützer, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6560, USA
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  • Richard G. Frank, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Received 7 February 2011 ,Accepted 30 August 2011.

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PII: S0163-8343(11)00289-1

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.08.019

General Hospital Psychiatry
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