Market Factors Associated with Comprehensive Behavioral Health Crisis Care Availability: A Resource Dependence Theory Study. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Behavioral health crisis care (BHCC) is a care delivery model for individuals experiencing acute distress related to a mental health or substance use disorder. We examined market factors associated with comprehensive BHCC availability using 2022 data on mental health treatment facilities (n = 9385) obtained from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. We aggregated facility-level data by county (n = 3142) and merged with county-level market factors. Logistic regression models were used to examine the adjusted associations between market factors and BHCC availability. We found that 468 (14.9%) counties had at least one mental health treatment facility offering comprehensive BHCC services. Specifically, counties with more mental health providers (Adjusted Odds Ratio = 2.26, Confidence Interval = 1.32-3.86) and metropolitan counties (AOR = 3.26, CI = 1.95-5.43) had higher odds of having a comprehensive BHCC facility. Our findings highlight the importance of developing the mental health workforce to increase BHCC availability and a need to address disparities in rural counties.

publication date

  • January 1, 2024

Research

keywords

  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Mental Disorders
  • Mental Health Services

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC11159547

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85195346646

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1177/00469580241256822

PubMed ID

  • 38842194

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 61