PHQ-9/GAD-7 mental health screening equity gap (deprivation quintile)

Health Equity

How this indicator is defined

Methodology version v1.0

Equity gap (percentage points)

The Mental health screening (PHQ-9 / GAD-7) rate for the most-advantaged deprivation band (equity stratum 1) minus the rate for the least-advantaged band (stratum 5), in percentage points. A smaller gap reflects more equitable care. The gap is not computable when either band has no eligible patients.

Data inputs

Mental health screening (PHQ-9 / GAD-7)

How patients are attributed— Attribution rule and risk adjustment.

Risk-adjustment modelField 11 — Risk-adjustment model: None

How comparison works— Peer group, reliability threshold, peer comparator.

Reliability thresholdField 13 — Reliability threshold: 30