Econometric evaluation of implementing a behavioral health integration intervention in primary care settings.

ABSTRACT: Integrated behavioral health (IBH) is an approach to patient care that brings medical and behavioral health providers (BHPs) together to address both behavioral and medical needs within primary care settings. A large, pragmatic, national study aimed to test the effectiveness and measure the implementation costs of an intervention to improve IBH integration within primary care practices (IBH-PC). Assess the time and cost to practices of implementing a comprehensive practice-level intervention designed from the perspective of clinic owners to move behavioral service integration from co-location toward full integration as part of the IBH-PC study. IBH-PC program implementation costs were estimated in a representative sample of 8 practices using standard micro-econometric evaluation of activit

SUBMITTER: Nagykaldi Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10415735 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature