Table 3.

Depression Quality Measures, Controlling for Age, Sex, and Comorbidity

Measure	1999%	2000%	P Value	2001%	P Value
Effectiveness
Acute treatment	64.1	66.2	.09	67.7	.003
Continuation treatment	46.2	48.6	.04	50.8	.000
Optimal clinician contact	22.8	20.5	.02	19.7	.001
Follow-up after mental health hospitalization	65.9	58.2	.09	50.3	.001
Optimal primary care contacts	1.6	2.0	.41	2.0	.34
No primary care follow-up	33.0	20.3	.001	15.4	.001
Mental health collaboration	37.6	34.2	.04	30.7	.001
Safety
Emergency department visits	25.6	25.8	.77	27.3	.13
Emergency department visit or hospitalization for mental health	6.5	6.2	.34	6.3	.34
Timeliness
Prompt follow-up on new medication	42.2	40.6	.16	40.1	.04
Prompt medication switch follow-up	40.2	40.2	.86	39.3	.19
Patient-centeredness
Continuity of primary care visits	67.3	72.7	.000	74.0	<.001
Continuity of mental health primary care visits	87.1	87.7	.43	88.0	.22

Note: 1999 is baseline comparison year for both 2000 and 2001.