title: Primary care attributes and care for depression among low-income African American women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined the association between attributes of primary care providers and care for depression, from a patients' perspective, among a sample of predominantly low-income African American women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted among a population-based sample of 1202 women residing in Washington, DC.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Respondents whose primary care physicians provided more comprehensive medical services were more likely to be asked about and treated for depressive symptoms than women whose providers were less medically comprehensive. Women who rated their providers as having more respect for them also were more likely to be asked about and treated for depression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  More comprehensive primary care delivery and a physician-patient relationship focused on mutual respect are associated with greater rates of physician inquiry about and treatment for depression among vulnerable women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. omalleya@georgetown.edu
authors.forename: Ann S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: O'Malley
authors.forename: Christopher B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Forrest
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miranda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D003191:Comprehensive Health Care; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy; D004219:District of Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011203:Poverty / Q000208:ethnology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000592:standards; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000592:standards*