Telehealth and In-Person Mental Health Service Utilization and Spending, 2019 to 2022

Jonathan H Cantor; Ryan K McBain; Pen-Che Ho; Dena M Bravata; Christopher Whaley

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.2645

Telehealth and In-Person Mental Health Service Utilization and Spending, 2019 to 2022

JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Aug 4;4(8):e232645. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.2645.

Authors

Jonathan H Cantor¹, Ryan K McBain², Pen-Che Ho³, Dena M Bravata³, Christopher Whaley^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
² RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia.
³ Castlight Health, San Francisco, California.
⁴ Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study assesses trends in monthly telehealth vs in-person utilization and spending rates for mental health services among commercially insured US adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Humans
Mental Health Services* / trends
Patient Acceptance of Health Care*
Telemedicine* / trends

Plain language summary

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding