Availability of Mental Telehealth Services in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Telehealth utilization for mental health care remains much higher than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic; however, availability may vary across facilities, geographic areas, and by patients' demographic characteristics and mental health conditions.

Objective

To quantify availability, wait times, and service features of telehealth for major depressive disorder, general anxiety disorder, and schizophrenia throughout the US, as well as facility-, client-, and county-level characteristics associated with telehealth availability.

Design, settings, and participants

Cross-sectional analysis of a secret shopper survey of mental health treatment facilities (MHTFs) throughout all US states except Hawaii from December 2022 and March 2023. A nationally representative

SUBMITTER: Cantor J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10837750 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature