Trends in Participation in Medicare Among Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners, 2013-2019

Seokmin Oh; Alex McDowell; Nicole M Benson; Benjamin Lê Cook; Vicki Fung

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24368

Trends in Participation in Medicare Among Psychiatrists and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners, 2013-2019

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2224368. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24368.

Authors

Seokmin Oh¹, Alex McDowell^{2

3}, Nicole M Benson^{4

5}, Benjamin Lê Cook^{5

6}, Vicki Fung^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
² Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
³ Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Health Equity Research Lab, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines trends in the number of psychiatrists and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners overall and for Medicare beneficiaries from 2013 to 2019.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aged
Humans
Medicare
Mental Health
Mental Health Services*
Nurse Practitioners*
Psychiatry*
United States

Grants and funding

R01 MD010456/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States