Becker's Healthcare August 22, 2024
With a national rise in mental health needs, health systems are turning to a new type of care facility to take pressure off hospital emergency departments — behavioral health urgent cares.
Over the past decade, the number of adult and pediatric emergency department visits involving mental health concerns has increased. More than half of adults report they or a family member have experienced a severe mental health crisis, KFF survey data from 2022 shows. From 2018 to 2020, the average rate of mental health-related ED visits among adults was 53 per 1,000 adults, according to CDC data. Among children, the rate was 14 per 100,000.
The U.S. also has the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income country, with...
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