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Development and Implementation of Depression Care along the Health Care Continuum

 

作者: Judith Lock,   Martha Walsh,  

 

期刊: Journal of Nursing Care Quality  (OVID Available online 1999)
卷期: Volume 13, issue 3  

页码: 13-22

 

ISSN:1057-3631

 

年代: 1999

 

出版商: OVID

 

关键词: clinical pathway;depression;health care continuum;multidisciplinary teams;patient education;performance improvement

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

Depression is a common cause of illness with significant social, vocational, and economic consequences. As one of the most treatable forms of mental illness, depression often is under-recognized and under-treated. The annual cost of depression to the United States economy is approximately $43.7 billion, with 55 percent (or $23.8 billion) accounting for missed work and lowered productivity. The prevalence rate of depression is estimated at 12-20 percent. The depressed patient utilizes two to three times more health services.1There is little in the literature to demonstrate the care of the depressed person across the continuum in an integrated health care system. This article reviews the development and implementation of the treatment of depression care across multiple sites along the continuum. The care management depression team utilized the principles of performance improvement; Plan, Do, Check, Act framework for the initiative.

 



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