TY - JOUR
KW - Attitude of Health Personnel
KW - Health Care Surveys
KW - Health Policy
KW - Health Services Accessibility
KW - Healthcare Disparities
KW - Humans
KW - Insurance Coverage
KW - Insurance, Psychiatric
KW - Medicaid
KW - Medically Uninsured
KW - Mental Health Services
KW - Primary Health Care
KW - Referral and Consultation
KW - United States
AU - P. J. Cunningham
A1 - 
AB - About two-thirds of primary care physicians (PCPs) reported in 2004-05 that they could not get outpatient mental health services for patients-a rate that was at least twice as high as that for other services. Shortages of mental health care providers, health plan barriers, and lack of coverage or inadequate coverage were all cited by PCPs as important barriers to mental health care access. The probability of having mental health access problems for patients varied by physician practice, health system, and policy factors. The results suggest that implementing mental health parity nationally will reduce some but not all of the barriers to mental health care.
BT - Health affairs (Project Hope)
C5 - Education & Workforce; Healthcare Disparities
CP - 3
CY - United States
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.28.3.w490
IS - 3
JF - Health affairs (Project Hope)
N2 - About two-thirds of primary care physicians (PCPs) reported in 2004-05 that they could not get outpatient mental health services for patients-a rate that was at least twice as high as that for other services. Shortages of mental health care providers, health plan barriers, and lack of coverage or inadequate coverage were all cited by PCPs as important barriers to mental health care access. The probability of having mental health access problems for patients varied by physician practice, health system, and policy factors. The results suggest that implementing mental health parity nationally will reduce some but not all of the barriers to mental health care.
PP - United States
PY - 2009
SN - 1544-5208; 0278-2715
EP - 501
EP - w490+
T1 - Beyond parity: Primary care physicians' perspectives on access to mental health care
T2 - Health affairs (Project Hope)
TI - Beyond parity: Primary care physicians' perspectives on access to mental health care
U1 - Education & Workforce; Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 19366722
U3 - 10.1377/hlthaff.28.3.w490
VL - 28
VO - 1544-5208; 0278-2715
Y1 - 2009
ER -