National Trends in Outpatient Mental Health Service Use Among Adults Between 2008 and 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study sought to characterize recent trends in mental health visits of adult outpatients to primary care physicians (PCPs), specialty mental health providers (SMHPs), and other providers (non-primary care physicians, specialists other than SMHPs, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants). Trends determined by degree of patients' psychological distress and in the types of treatments received within different settings were also examined.

Methods

Data were from the household component of the nationally representative Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for the 2008-2011 and 2012-2015 periods for adults ages ≥18 years (N=13,111) who had a mental health outpatient visit. Bivariate logistic regression was used to compare means between the two periods.

Results

SUBMITTER: Germack HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7877566 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature