The Impact of the Covid-19-Related Transition to Telehealth on Visit Adherence in Mental Health Care: An Interrupted Time Series Study
| Autor: | Karen Daukas, J Ben Barnes, Meagan Fair, Mara Eyllon, Samuel S Nordberg |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Telemedicine Telehealth Health informatics Health administration medicine Humans Child Pandemics Telemental health business.industry Health Policy Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Interrupted Time Series Analysis Behavioral health Mental health Psychiatry and Mental health Mental Health Emergency medicine Original Article Pshychiatric Mental Health business Health department |
| Zdroj: | Administration and Policy in Mental Health |
| ISSN: | 1573-3289 0894-587X |
| Popis: | Covid-19 has led to an unprecedented shift to telemental health (TMH) in mental healthcare. This study examines the impact of this transition on visit adherence for mental health services in an integrated behavioral health department. Monthly visit data for 12,245 patients from January, 2019 to January, 2021 was extracted from the electronic medical record. Interrupted time series (ITS) analysis examined the impact of the Covid-19 transition to TMH on immediate level and trend changes in the percentage of cancelled visits and no shows in the 10 months following the transition. ITS also compared changes across the three largest services types: adult, pediatric, and substance use. Following the TMH-transition, completed visits increased by 10% amounting to an additional 3644 visits. In April, 2020, immediately following the TMH-transition, no shows increased by 1.4%, (95% CI 0.1, 2.7, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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