Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2017

Identifier

PMCID: PMC5932655 DOI: 10.1177/2150131916668115

Abstract

As the benefits of integrated behavioral health care services are becoming more widely recognized, this study investigated physician satisfaction with ongoing integrated psychology services in pediatric primary care clinics. Data were collected across 5 urban and 6 rural clinics and demonstrated the specific factors that physicians view as assets to having efficient access to a pediatric behavioral health practitioner. Results indicated significant satisfaction related to quality and continuity of care and improved access to services. Such models of care may increase access to care and reduce other service barriers encountered by individuals and their families with behavioral health concerns (ie, those who otherwise would seek services through referrals to traditional tertiary care facilities).

Journal Title

J Prim Care Community Health

Volume

8

Issue

2

First Page

89

Last Page

93

MeSH Keywords

Ambulatory Care Facilities; Attitude of Health Personnel; Child; Child Health Services; Efficiency; Health Services Accessibility; Humans; Mental Health Services; Pediatrics; Physicians; Primary Health Care; Quality of Health Care; Referral and Consultation; Rural Population; Urban Population

Keywords

Outpatient Clinics; Mental health services

Comments

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).

Publisher's Link: https://doi.org/10.1177/2150131916668115

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