Increasing access to behavioral health care advances value for patients, providers and communities
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- TrendWatch (American Hospital Association)
- Contributor(s):
- American Hospital Association, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Hospital Association, May 2019
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Services Accessibility Hospitals Mental Health Services Community-Institutional Relations Cost Control Emergency Medical Services Emergency Service, Hospital Health Expenditures Health Workforce Healthcare Disparities Military Personnel Opioid-Related Disorders -- epidemiology Organizational Case Studies Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Quality of Health Care Rural Population Sexual and Gender Minorities Stereotyping Veterans Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Behavioral health disorders affect nearly one in five Americans and have community-wide impacts. Despite the prevalence of these disorders, behavioral health care needs often go unmet. In 2016, only 43 percent of the 44.7 million adults with any mental health disorder received treatment, and less than 11 percent of adults with a substance use disorder received treatment (see Chart 1). Hospitals' roles in their communities as providers of emergency, inpatient and outpatient care, as well as their relationships with community-based organizations, have made them central to addressing community-wide behavioral health care needs. Many are designing and implementing innovative strategies that support efforts to improve care, promote population health and lower costs of health care. This TrendWatch shares ways that hospitals and health systems are identifying and addressing behavioral health care needs in their communities, the strategies they are using to increase access and the barriers to broader progress. The report explores how unmet behavioral health care needs among adults have increased demands on hospitals and health systems across the continuum of care. The TrendWatch also shares the findings from four case studies, showcasing Cambridge Health Alliance (Somerville, Mass.), Lee Health (Fort Myers, Fla.), Mission Health (Asheville, N.C.) and PeaceHealth (Friday Harbor, Wash.) and how they are increasing access to care and advancing value for patients, providers and communities.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (17 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101751784 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101751784