Analyzing trends allows for the assessment of the effect of quality improvement interventions. (acog.org)
Intervention Usual care (n = 207) or 6 - month quality improvement intervention (n = 211) including expert leader teams at each site, care managers who supported primary care clinicians in evaluating and managing patients» depression, training for care managers in manualized cognitive - behavior therapy for depression, and patient and clinician choice regarding treatment modality. (jamanetwork.com)
Because evidence supporting depression treatments is less established for adolescents than for adults, it is noteworthy that similarly designed quality improvement interventions are effective in youth, adults, and elderly persons.52, 63 (jamanetwork.com)