Behavioral Health Provider Burnout and Mental Health Care in the Veterans Health Administration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although many studies assess predictors of provider burnout, few analyses provide high-quality, consistent evidence on the impact of provider burnout on patient outcomes exist, particularly among behavioral health providers (BHPs).

Objective

To assess the impact of burnout among psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers on access-related quality measures in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Design

This study used burnout in VA All Employee Survey (AES) and Mental Health Provider Survey (MHPS) data to predict metrics assessed by the Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning Value, Mental Health Domain (MH-SAIL), VHA's quality monitoring system. The study used prior year (2014-2018) facility-level burnout proportion among BHPs to predict

SUBMITTER: Zivin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10211276 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature