Table 2.
Measures of quality of care for persons with bipolar I disorder in the Medstat database, by year
| 1991 (N=431 person-years)
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1994 (N=598 person-years)
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1999 (N=600 person-years)
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| Quality measure | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| At least one prescription for lithium, valproic acid, or carbamazepine | 292 | 68 | 384 | 64 | 461 | 77 |
| At least one antidepressant prescription | 178 | 41 | 339 | 57 | 390 | 65 |
| At least one therapy session | 405 | 94 | 534 | 89 | 412 | 69 |
| Did not receive lithium, valproic acid, or carbamazepine or therapy | 12 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 52 | 9 |
| Did not receive an antidepressant | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 4 |
| Received an antidepressant | 6 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 27 | 5 |
| Did not receive lithium, valproic acid, or carbamazepine but received therapy | 127 | 29 | 190 | 32 | 87 | 15 |
| Did not receive an antidepressant | 76 | 18 | 63 | 11 | 32 | 5 |
| Received an antidepressant | 51 | 12 | 127 | 21 | 55 | 9 |
| Received lithium, valproic acid, or carbamazepine but did not receive therapy (with or without an antidepressant) | 14 | 3 | 40 | 7 | 136 | 23 |
| Received both lithium, valproic acid, or carbamazepine and therapy (with or without an antidepressant) | 278 | 65 | 344 | 58 | 325 | 54 |
| Received an antidepressant but did not receive lithium, valproic acid, or carbamazepine (with or without therapy) | 57 | 13 | 140 | 23 | 82 | 14 |