TY - ECHAP
AU - P. Shekelle
AU - M. Begashaw
AU - G. De Vries
AU - I. Miake-Lye
A1 - 
AB - A small proportion of Veterans account for nearly half of Veterans Affairs (VA) costs, most of which is hospitalization for medical (not mental health) conditions. But, almost half of such patients have a major mental health diagnosis. These mental health conditions, many of which are potentially treatable, are risk markers (and potentially risk factors) for future emergency visits and admissions for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions. Thus, better identification and treatment of mental health conditions can improve not just mental health but physical health as well. VA has led the way in integrating mental health into primary care and is now considering initiating efforts at doing so in outpatient specialty clinics as well. Thus, the VHA Office of Mental Health asked the Evidence Synthesis Program for a review of recently published studies of mental health integration into outpatient specialty care.
AD - Director, VA Greater Los Angeles Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP) Center Los Angeles, CA; Project Coordinator, VA Greater Los Angeles ESP Center Los Angeles, CA; Co-Director, VA Greater Los Angeles ESP Center Los Angeles, CA
AN - 39504401
BT - Integrated Mental and Behavioral Health Care
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CY - Washington (DC)
JF - Integrated Mental and Behavioral Health Care
LA - eng
N2 - A small proportion of Veterans account for nearly half of Veterans Affairs (VA) costs, most of which is hospitalization for medical (not mental health) conditions. But, almost half of such patients have a major mental health diagnosis. These mental health conditions, many of which are potentially treatable, are risk markers (and potentially risk factors) for future emergency visits and admissions for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions. Thus, better identification and treatment of mental health conditions can improve not just mental health but physical health as well. VA has led the way in integrating mental health into primary care and is now considering initiating efforts at doing so in outpatient specialty clinics as well. Thus, the VHA Office of Mental Health asked the Evidence Synthesis Program for a review of recently published studies of mental health integration into outpatient specialty care.
PB - Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
PP - Washington (DC)
PY - 2024
ST - VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program Reports
T1 - VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program Reports
T2 - Integrated Mental and Behavioral Health Care
TI - VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program Reports
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
Y1 - 2024
ER -