Table 1 Description of participating primary care practices, clinicians, and patients
Practice description | Primary care clinician gender/type/age (years) | Patient gender/age (years) | Insurance type/employment/marital status/other | Single/multiple episodes of depression/psychiatric comorbidity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Practice A: 7-clinician practice in Denver Suburb. | Clinician a: female family physician, 54 | Patient 1: F(female)/51-55 | NA (not available) | Multiple |
Physician-owned practice. | ||||
Patients referred outside of practice to therapy/psychiatry. | Patient 2: F/26-30 | Private insurance/unemployed/single student | Multiple, comorbid obsessive compulsive disorder | |
Quality Improvement (QI) Project: developing an electronic patient tracking system including web messaging to communicate with patients. | Patient 3: F/NA | Private insurance/NA/divorced | Multiple | |
Patient 4: F/26-30 | Private insurance/unemployed/married/pregnant | Multiple | ||
Patient 5: F/36-40 | Private insurance/NA/widowed | Multiple | ||
Patient 6: F/46-50 | Private insurance/employed/divorced/non-Hispanic white | Multiple | ||
Patient 7: F/36-40 | Private insurance/employed | |||
Patient 8: M (male)/51-55 | Private insurance/Employed | Multiple | ||
Patient 9: F/61-65 | Private insurance/retired/married/grandchildren | Multiple | ||
Clinician b: male family physician, 54 | Patient 10: F/21-25 | Private insurance/employed/married | Multiple | |
Clinician c: female family physician, 48 | Patient 11: F/26-30 | NA | Single | |
Patient 12: F/51-55 | Private insurance/employed | Multiple | ||
Patient 13: F/61-65 | NA | Multiple | ||
Patient 14: F/51-55 | Private insurance/employed | Multiple/comorbid fibromyalgia | ||
Multiple clinicians | Patient 15: F/26-30 | Public insurance/unemployed/single | Multiple | |
Multiple clinicians | Patient 16 Patient 12: F/NA | NA | Multiple | |
Multiple clinicians | Patient 17: M/NA | Uninsured/unemployed | Multiple | |
Multiple clinicians | Patient 18: M/NA | NA | Multiple | |
Multiple clinicians | Patient 19: F/66-70 | Private insurance/retired | ||
Multiple clinicians | Patient 20: F/26-30 | Private insurance/Employed/divorced | ||
Practice B: 3-clinician practice in large town of 80,000 people. | Clinician d: male family physician, 38 | Patient 21: F/36-40 | Insured/homemaker/married/Hispanic | Multiple |
Physician-owned practice. | ||||
Patients referred outside of practice to therapy/psychiatry. | ||||
QI project: targeted depression screening and symptom tracking of newly diagnosed patients. | ||||
Practice C: solo practice in Denver Suburb. | Clinician e: male family physician, 45 | Patient 22: F/61-65 | Uninsured/unemployed/divorced | Multiple |
Physician-owned practice. | Patient 23: F/71-75 | Insured/homemaker/married/caregiver/ gravely ill husband | Multiple | |
Co-located with psychiatric office. patients referred to therapy outside of practice location. | ||||
QI project: targeted depression and anxiety screening and symptom tracking of newly diagnosed patients. | Patient 24 | Insured/retired/married | Multiple | |
Patient 25: M/36-40 | Insured/unemployed/engaged to be married | Multiple | ||
Patient 26: F/36-40 | Insured/self-employed/married | Single | ||
Patient 27: F/46-50 | Insured/employed/divorced | Single | ||
Practice D: 2-clinician Federally Qualified Community Health Center. | Clinician f: female nurse practitioner, 49 | Patient 28: F/26-30 | Uninsured/unemployed/divorced/High school education | Multiple |
Mountain town of 15,000 people. | ||||
Patient 29: F/66-70 | Insured/ homemaker/married | Multiple | ||
Co-located with a community mental health organization. | ||||
QI project: improve integration with mental health center. | ||||
Patient 30: F/61-65 | Insured/employed/divorced | Multiple |