Assessing the Long-Term Effectiveness of a Behavioral Health Home for Adults With Bipolar and Psychotic Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to examine the impact of a behavioral health home (BHH) to better understand its potential to improve health for individuals with serious mental illness.

Methods

Propensity score-weighted interrupted time series analysis was used to estimate service utilization and chronic disease management through 3.5 years after BHH implementation and to compre BHH enrollees (N=413) with other patients with serious mental illness in the same health system (N=1,929).

Results

Relative to control group members, BHH patients had an immediate increase in primary care visits (+0.18 visits/month), which remained higher throughout follow-up, and an immediate decrease in emergency department visits (-0.031 visits/month). Behavioral health outpatient visits, which

SUBMITTER: Johnson K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12714029 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature