Book/Printed Material Behavioral health care delivery following the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic : utilization, telehealth, and quality of care for service members with PTSD, depression, or substance use disorder Utilization, telehealth, and quality of care for service members with PTSD, depression, or substance use disorder

Title

• Behavioral health care delivery following the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic : utilization, telehealth, and quality of care for service members with PTSD, depression, or substance use disorder

Other Title

• Utilization, telehealth, and quality of care for service members with PTSD, depression, or substance use disorder

Summary

• The COVID-19 pandemic brought about restrictions on in-person care delivery and led to a marked increase in the use of telehealth. When the pandemic began, the Military Health System (MHS) was already exploring options to expand its use of telehealth, including for service members with behavioral health conditions. To inform this effort and to provide insights into the pandemic's impact, RAND researchers examined changes in behavioral health care delivered to service members with PTSD, depression, or substance use disorder by the MHS following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, including patterns of care, use of telehealth, and quality of care. Although the number of behavioral health visits in the MHS declined overall following the onset of the pandemic in 2020 compared with an equivalent period in 2019, the use of telehealth increased markedly, and service members who received care had more visits with providers. In addition, the quality of the care they received largely held steady or even improved. The findings and recommendations can help guide the MHS as it takes steps to expand the use of telehealth, improve service members' access to behavioral health care and the quality of care they receive, and increase the resilience of behavioral health care in the MHS in the face of future disruptions.

Names

• Hepner, Kimberly A., author
• Roth, Carol Pindar, author
• Sousa, Jessica, author
• Ruder, Teague, author
• Brown, Ryan Andrew, author
• Pincus, Harold Alan, 1951- author
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Forces and Resources Policy Center
• Rand Corporation
• United States. Defense Health Agency

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2023]

Contents

• Methods -- Utilization of Behavioral Health Care Following the Onset of the Pandemic -- Use of Telehealth Following the Onset of the Pandemic -- Quality of Behavioral Health Care Following the Onset of the Pandemic -- Key Findings and Recommendations.

Headings

• -  Medicine, Military--United States
• -  Mental health services--United States
• -  Medical telematics--United States
• -  Substance abuse--Treatment--United States
• -  COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023
• -  Medical telematics
• -  Medicine, Military
• -  Mental health services
• -  Substance abuse--Treatment
• -  United States
• -  COVID-19 Pandemic--(2020-)
• -  Since 2020

Notes

• -  "Prepared for the Connected Health Branch, Clinical Support Division, Medical Affairs, Defense Health Agency"
• -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-80)
• -  See also RAND/RB-A1402-2
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 online resource (xiv, 80 pages) : illustrations.

Call Number/Physical Location

• UH629.3

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739189

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739189

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739189

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