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The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research

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01-04-2014

County Workforce, Reimbursement, and Organizational Factors Associated with Behavioral Health Capacity in Health Centers

Authors: Emily Jones, PhD, MPP, Leighton Ku, PhD, MPH, Shelagh Smith, MPH, CHES, Michael Lardiere, LCSW

Published in: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research | Issue 2/2014

Abstract

This study describes on-site behavioral health treatment capacity in health centers in 2007 and examines whether capacity was associated with health center characteristics, county-level behavioral health workforce, and same-day billing restrictions. Cross-sectional data from the 2007 Area Resource File and Uniform Data System were linked with data on Medicaid same-day billing restrictions. Mental health treatment capacity was common; almost four in five health centers provided on-site mental health services. Additional services such as crisis counseling (20 %), treatment from a psychiatrist (29 %), and substance abuse treatment were offered by fewer health centers (51 % provide on-site services and only 20 % employ substance abuse specialists). In multivariate analysis, larger health centers, health centers located in counties with a larger behavioral health workforce per capita, and those located in the West and Northeast were more likely to have behavioral health capacity. Same-day billing restrictions were associated with lower odds of substance use treatment capacity and providing 24 hr crisis counseling services.

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Title: County Workforce, Reimbursement, and Organizational Factors Associated with Behavioral Health Capacity in Health Centers
Authors: Emily Jones, PhD, MPP
Leighton Ku, PhD, MPH
Shelagh Smith, MPH, CHES
Michael Lardiere, LCSW
Publication date: 01-04-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 1094-3412
Electronic ISSN: 2168-6793
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-013-9364-9

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County Workforce, Reimbursement, and Organizational Factors Associated with Behavioral Health Capacity in Health Centers

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