What’s With The 4.2%?

The most surprising study result I’ve come across during the past couple of weeks was this — only 4.2% of adult consumers receive depression screenings during primary care visits (see 4.2% Of Adults Receive Depression Screening In Primary Care). I thought that integration of physical and mental health care had moved further than this, but these study results tell a different story.

In this study, the researchers analyzed data for 33,653 physician-patient encounters from the 2012 and 2013 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey with the goal of estimating national rates and patterns of depression screening among . . .