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Toward a Unified Integration Approach: Uniting Diverse Primary Care Strategies Under the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) Model

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Primary care continues to be at the center of health care transformation. The Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) model of service delivery includes patient-centered care delivery strategies that can improve clinical outcomes, cost, and patient and primary care provider satisfaction with services. This article reviews the link between the PCBH model of service delivery and health care services quality improvement, and provides guidance for initiating PCBH model clinical pathways for patients facing depression, chronic pain, alcohol misuse, obesity, insomnia, and social barriers to health.

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  2. Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, Silver Spring, MD, USA

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  3. Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37921, USA

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  4. Mountainview Consulting Group, 1327 SE Tacoma, #322, Portland, OR, 97202, USA

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Sandoval, B.E., Bell, J., Khatri, P. et al. Toward a Unified Integration Approach: Uniting Diverse Primary Care Strategies Under the Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) Model. J Clin Psychol Med Settings 25, 187–196 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-017-9516-9

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