Effect of mental health staffing inputs on suicide-related events.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the effects of changes in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) mental health services staffing levels on suicide-related events among a cohort of Veterans.

Data sources

Data were obtained from the VHA Corporate Data Warehouse, the Department of Defense and Veterans Administration Infrastructure for Clinical Intelligence, the VHA survey of enrollees, and customized VHA databases tracking suicide-related events. Geographic variables were obtained from the Area Health Resources Files and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Study design

We used an instrumental variables (IV) design with a Heckman correction for non-random partial observability of the use of mental health services. The principal predictor was a measure of provider staffing

SUBMITTER: Feyman Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10012216 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature