What Drives Referral from Primary Care Physicians to Mental Health Specialists? A Randomized Trial Using Actors Portraying Depressive Symptoms

BACKGROUND: Referral from primary care to the mental health specialty sector is important but poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: Identify physician characteristics influencing mental health referral. DESIGN: Randomized controlled trial using Standardized Patients (SPs). SETTING: Offices of primary care p...

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Main Authors: Kravitz, Richard L, Franks, Peter, Feldman, Mitchell, Meredith, Lisa S, Hinton, Ladson, Franz, Carol, Duberstein, Paul, Epstein, Ronald M
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Blackwell Science Inc 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1924631/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16808740
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00411.x
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