Mind the Gap: Developing an Integrated Behavioral Health Home to Address Health Disparities in Serious Mental Illness.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study evaluated the impact of an integrated behavioral health home (BHH) pilot on adults with psychotic and bipolar disorders.

Methods

Quasi-experimental methods were used to compare outcomes before (September 2014-August 2015) and after the intervention (September 2015-August 2016) among ambulatory BHH patients and a control group. Electronic health records were compared between 424 BHH patients (N=369, psychotic disorder; N=55, bipolar disorder) and 1,521 individuals from the same urban, safety-net health system who were not enrolled in the BHH. Groups were weighted by propensity score on the basis of sex, age, race-ethnicity, language, 2010 U.S. Census block group characteristics, Medicare and Medicaid enrollment, and diabetes diagnosis.

Results

BHH

SUBMITTER: Tepper MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5711584 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature