Implementation outcomes of evidence-based quality improvement for depression in VA community based outpatient clinics

Table 1 Patterns of depression treatment during the 12-month post-implementation period by study site

Facility	Unique number of patients	Unique number of patients diagnosed with depression	Mean primary care visits per patient	Mean primary care visits for depression per patient	Mean specialty mental health visits per patient	Mean specialty mental health visits for depression per patient
VAMC A
CBOC 1	3474	243 (7.0%)	2.0	1.2	0.8	0.4
CBOC 2	1968	112 (5.7%)	1.9	1.3	1.2	0.8
CBOC 3	4534	487 (10.7%)	1.7	1.3	0.8	0.3
CBOC 4	1325	163 (12.3%)	2.1	1.8	1.8	1.4
VAMC B
CBOC 5	4545	203 (4.5%)	1.9	1.2	1.6	0.4
CBOC 6	5341	431 (8.1%)	1.7	1.2	1.1	0.6
CBOC 7	7411	673 (9.1%)	1.6	1.3	0.8	0.4
CBOC 8	2374	162 (6.8%)	1.8	1.3	2.0	0.9
CBOC 9	3642	182 (5.0%)	1.8	1.1	0.9	0.5
VAMC C
CBOC 10	3252	279 (8.6%)	2.0	1.3	1.1	0.6
CBOC 11	4464	361 (8.1%)	2.4	1.4	1.0	0.6
Total	42,330	3,296 (7.8%)	1.9 (SD = 1.2)	1.3 (SD = 0.6)	1.1 (SD = 4.7)	0.5 (SD = 1.8)

VAMC = Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; CBOC = Community Based Outpatient Clinic; SD = standard deviation.
VA = Department of Veterans Affairs; CBOC = Community Based Outpatient Clinic.

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