Integration between Primary Care and Mental Health Services in Italy: Determinants of Referral and Stepped Care

Table 1

Pattern of care distribution over time in patients referred by PCPs.

			Year of first contact			Total
			2007	2008	2009
Pattern	Consultation	𝑁	360	384	532	1276
		%	24.9%	22.3%	30.5%	26.0%
	Shared care	𝑁	52	281	432	765
		%	3.6%	16.3%	24.7%	15.6%
	Treatment at CMHC	𝑁	1033	1056	783	2872
		%	71.5%	61.4%	44.8%	58.5%
Total		𝑁	1445	1721	1747	4913
		%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%