Table 3

Days of antidepressant medication "use" in past 30 days: proportion with > = 75% use

Source

Condition

3 months

6 months


minimal

moderate

minimal

moderate


Medicaid

GCM

50 *

32

36

18 *

Usual Care

26

17

30

4

Chart

GCM

71 *

48

52

33

Usual Care

45

36

32

18

Patient

GCM

72

44

44

28

Usual Care

71

21

63

31


GCM represents the Generalist Care Manager arm of the study.

Medicaid represents claims data used to document prescriptions filled.

Chart represents chart abstraction to document medications written by physicians.

Patient represents patient self reported medication use.

Minimal represents the minimal dosing of antidepressants.

Moderate represents the moderate level of dosing of antidepressants.

* p < .15

Landis et al. BMC Family Practice 2007 8:7   doi:10.1186/1471-2296-8-7

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