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  • Title: Collaborative psychiatric care in a rural family medicine setting reduces health care utilization in depressed patients.
    Author: Sutor B, Agerter DC.
    Journal: Minn Med; 2007 Jan; 90(1):39-41. PubMed ID: 17305104.
    Abstract:
    Collaborative care by primary care physicians and psychiatrists has been shown to improve adherence to treatment and symptoms in patients with major depression. The authors examined whether such a care model would alter health care utilization by depressed patients. Ambulatory visits and inpatient hospital days were compared for 49 patients with depression and 49 matched patients (age/gender/ severity of co-morbid conditions) who were not depressed. Use of health care services was measured 1 year before intervention and 1 year after intervention and compared with that of the control patients. The authors concluded that depressed patients make fewer visits to health care providers when a psychiatrist is involved in their care.
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