Difficulty Obtaining Behavioral Health Services for Children: A National Survey of Multiphysician Practices.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In the United States, primary care practices rely on scarce resources to deliver evidence-based care for children with behavioral health disorders such as depression, anxiety, other mental illness, or substance use disorders. We estimated the proportion of practices that have difficulty accessing these resources and whether practices owned by a health system or participating in Medicaid accountable care organizations (ACOs) report less difficulty.

Methods

This national cross-sectional study examined how difficult it is for practices to obtain pediatric (1) medication advice, (2) evidence-based psychotherapy, and (3) family-based therapy. We used the National Survey of Healthcare Organizations and Systems 2017-2018 (46.9% response rate), which sampled multiphysician p

SUBMITTER: Chien AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8786429 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature