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Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Sep 1;65(9):1088–1099. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201300229

Table 1.

LC Components by Studyaa

AIb AI AI AI LCC LCC LCC LCC LCC LCC LCC LCC QI QI QI OP OP OP
Articlec Target for
Improvement
Model Study Sample Length PW:
EP
PW:
ODC
In-Person
Learning
Sessions
PDSAs MD
QITs
QIT
Phone
Calls
Email or
Web
Support
New
QI
Data
QI Data
Review
External
Support
with
Data
Review
Involved
Leaders
External
Training
for Non-
QIT
Staff
QIT
Training
for Non-
QIT Staff
Cavaleri
et al.,
2006 (15)d
Mental health
service use &
evidence-based
engagement
strategies
BTS 12 mental health
agencies
9
months
Un-
clear
Yes Yes Un-
clear
Yes Yes No Un-
clear
Un-
clear
No Yes Unclear No
Cavaleri
et al.,
2007 (27)d
Mental health
service use &
evidence-based
engagement
strategies
BTS 9 mental health
agencies:
9 of 12 mental
health agencies
from Cavaleri et
al., 2006
9
months
Un-
clear
Yes Yes Un-
clear
Yes Yes No Un-
clear
Un-
clear
No Yes Unclear No
Cavaleri
et al.,
2010 (16)
Mental health
service use &
evidence-based
engagement
strategies
BTS 5 mental health
agencies:
4 experimental, 1
did not
implement any
engagement
strategies
9
months
Un-
clear
Yes Yes Un-
clear
Yes Yes No Un-
clear
Un-
clear
No Yes No Yes
Duffy et
al., 2008
(32)
Use of a
Depression
assessment in
psychiatric
practices
BTS,
CCM
19 psychiatric
practices
(2 practices
dropped out
without
completing data
collection)
12
months
No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Unclear No Yes
Ebert et
al., 2011
(7)
Use of Trauma-
Focused
Cognitive
Behavioral
Therapy (TF-CBT)
in community
practice settings
BTS 11 mental health
agencies
(2 agencies did
not complete)
18
months
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
Epstein et
al., 2008
(28)e
Adherence to
guidelines for
evidence-based
assessment and
treatment of
attention deficit
hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD)
CCM 19 practices
65 pediatricians
19 family
physicians
Unclear Un-
clear
No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Epstein et
al., 2010
(29)e
Adherence to
guidelines for
evidence-based
assessment and
treatment of
attention deficit
hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD)
CCM 47 practices
142 pediatricians
11 family
physicians
Unclear Un-
clear
No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Epstein et
al., 2010
(30)e
Adherence to
guidelines for
evidence-based
assessment and
treatment of
attention deficit
hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD)
CCM 31 pediatric
practices
123 pediatricians
*Data from family
physicians
excluded
Unclear Un-
clear
No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Gustafson
et al.,
2013 (34)
Time to
treatment, client
retention, and
new patient
recruitment in
addiction centers
NIATx 201 addiction
treatment
centers
18
months
Un-
clear
No Yes Yes Un-
clear
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Haine-
Schlagel
et al.,
2013 (37)
Attendance
engagement in
community-based
early childhood
intervention
programs
BTS 4 developmental
services programs
within 1 children’s
hospital
29 providers (2
providers did not
complete, 1 was
added after
initiation)
9
months
Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No
Katzelnick
et al.,
2005 (17)
Implementation
of the Chronic
Care Model for
depression
treatment in
primary
healthcare
BTS,
CCM
20 healthcare
organizations
(3 teams did not
complete)
13
months
No No Yes Yes Un-
clear
Yes Yes Yes Un-
clear
Yes Yes No Yes
McCarty
et al.,
2007 (35)f
Time to
treatment and
client retention in
outpatient,
intensive
outpatient, or
residential
addiction
treatment units
NIATx FIRST COHORT
13 addiction
treatment
agencies
7 outpatient, 4
Intensive
outpatient, 4
residential units
18
months
Yes Yes Yes Yes Un-
clear
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Hoffman
et al.,
2008 (36)f
Time to
treatment and
client retention in
outpatient,
intensive
outpatient, or
residential
addiction
treatment units
NIATx SECOND COHORT
11 addiction
treatment
agencies
10 outpatient, 4
intensive
outpatient units
18
months
Yes Yes Yes Yes Un-
clear
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Meredith
et al.,
2006 (31)
Depression
treatment in
primary care
BTS,
CCM
17 mental health
agencies
13
months
No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Un-
clear
No No No No Yes
Roosa et
al., 2011
(19)
Client retention in
chemical
dependency
treatment &
client access to
mental health
services
NIATx CHEMICAL
DEPENDENCY
COLLABORATIVE
4 treatment
agencies
(1 did not
complete)

MENTAL HEALTH
COLLABORATIVE
6 treatment
agencies
27
months
No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Unclear No
Rutkowski
et al.,
2009 (38)
Time to
treatment, no-
show rates,
admissions, or
continuation in
treatment for
addiction
treatment
services
NIATx PHASE I
6 treatment
agencies
7 change teams

PHASE II
8 treatment
agencies
13 change teams
PHASE
I
11
months

PHASE
II
12
months
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Stephan
et al.,
2011 (39)
Mental health
service quality
and collaborative
care in school-
based mental
health centers
NA
SBHC
19 school-based
health centers
15
months
Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Unclear No Yes
Strating et
al., 2012
(55)
Four distinct
collaboratives
focused on: (1)
Social psychiatric
care; (2)
Recovery-
oriented care; (3)
Social
participation; and
(4) Somatic co-
morbidity of
psychiatric clients
BTS 94 distinct teams
of mental health
care providers
COLLABORATIVE 1
25 teams
COLLABORATIVE 2
25 teams
COLLABORATIVE 3
26 teams
COLLABORATIVE 4
18 teams
12
months
No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No
Vannoy et
al., 2011
(18)
Integration of
services between
community
health centers
(CHCs) and
community
mental health
centers (CMHCs),
specifically
improving
treatment of
depression and
bipolar disorder
in CHCs and
improving care of
patients at risk of
metabolic
syndrome in
CMHCs
BTS 15 CHC & CMHC
pairs
(1 pair dropped
out due to staff
turnover)
12
months
3
cohorts
No Yes Yes Yes Un-
clear
Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No
Versteeg
et al.,
2012 (33)
Implementation
of multidisciplinary
practice
guidelines in
mental
healthcare
organizations
(specific domains:
anxiety disorders,
dual diagnosis,
and
schizophrenia)
BTS 19 mental
healthcare
organizations
26 distinct LC
teams
12
months
Un-
clear
No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Unclear No No
a

Articles are organized by author name and grouped by study. Table Abbreviations: BTS: Breakthrough Series; CCM: Chronic Care Model; NIATx: Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment; NASBHC: National Assembly on School-Based Health Care

b

Row Abbreviations: AI: Article Information; LCC: Learning Collaborative Components; QI: Quality Improvement; OP: Organizational Penetration

c

Row Abbreviations: PW: Pre-Work; EP: Expert Panel; ODC: Organizations Demonstrated Commitment; PDSAs: Plan-Do-Study-Act Cycles; MD: Multidisciplinary; QIT: Quality Improvement Team; New QI Data: Sites Collected New Data for QI Purposes; QI Data Review: Sites Reviewed QI Data and Used Feedback; Involved Leaders: Involvement and/or Outreach to Organizational Leadership

d, e, f

Multiple publications based on the same study data