Response to “Impact of a national collaborative care initiative for patients with depression and diabetes or cardiovascular disease”

In the recent publication by Rossom et al., the authors demonstrated that collaborative care programs for depression and chronic disease can be established outside of clinical trials in a diverse set of health care systems and depression remission can be achieved [1]. However, their population was primarily white (69%) patients on Medicare (48%) or commercial insurance (28%). The literature suggests the prevalence of depression is higher among Medicaid recipients (20%) than the general public (13%) [2,3], while minority populations are less likely to receive necessary mental health care [4,5].

Source: General Hospital Psychiatry - February 17, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kathleen S. Tatem, Remle Newton-Dame, Jessica Black, Jesse Singer Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research