Description/Abstract
We investigate the effect of initial provider (primary care physician, psychiatrist, or non-physician mental health specialist) on the adequacy of subsequent treatment for persons with depression. Our data are from MarketScan®, a medical and pharmacy insurance claims database, which we use to estimate models of the likelihood of treatment for depression and the likelihood that any treatment received is adequate. Patients initially seeing psychiatrists are most likely to receive adequate treatment. Provider type has a statistically and medically significant effect on whether any treatment occurs but a smaller effect on treatment adequacy among treated patients. The results show the importance of provider type in treatment patterns, but the effects on patient outcomes are yet to be determined definitively.
Document Type
Working Paper
Date
5-2002
Keywords
Mental and Social Health
Series
Working Papers Series
Disciplines
Mental and Social Health
Recommended Citation
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Powers, Regina H.; and Croghan, Thomas W., "Provider Type and Depression Treatment Adequacy" (2002). Center for Policy Research. 184.
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/184
Source
local input
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Additional Information
Working paper no. 43