Propensity of US Military Personnel to Seek Mental Health Care When Community Psychiatric Capacity Changes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding how the active duty military population's mental health care use is associated with local military and civilian psychiatrist capacity is critical in designing the optimal allocation of mental health resources from both sectors to improve the mental health of military personnel.

Objective

To evaluate whether the probability of mental health care visits by military personnel changes when psychiatrist capacity changes in their communities, when capacity is measured separately for military treatment facilities and civilian sectors.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study of active duty US military service members between January 1, 2016, and September 30, 2020, combines data from the Defense Health Agency, the National Plan and Provide

SUBMITTER: Shen YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10559180 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature