Health System-Level Evaluation of Tele-Mental Health Services Among Children and Adolescents in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the characteristics of children and adolescents receiving tele-mental health services in Ontario, Canada and examine access to a psychiatrist, in-person or via tele-mental health services, following a mental health and addictions (MHA)-related emergency department (ED) visit or hospitalization.

Method

Using linked health and administrative data, we described two cohorts: (1) children and adolescents (1-18 years) who used a provincial tele-mental health programme from January 1, 2013 to March 31, 2017, comparing their MHA-related service use (outpatient, ED, hospitalization) in the 1 year prior to and the 1 year following initial consultation; (2) children and adolescents with high mental health service needs, defined as those with an incident MHA-relate

SUBMITTER: Toulany A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9149526 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature