Behavioral health utilization driven by fast-growing telehealth use

Gist Healthcare September 15, 2023
Gist Healthcare

The pandemic worsened the existing mental health crisis in the United States, greatly increasing demand for care. In this week’s graphic, we highlight new data from JAMA Health Forum on mental healthcare trends from 2019 to 2022. Overall behavioral health utilization increased in 2022 compared to pre-pandemic and peak-pandemic levels, fueled by a ten-fold increase in telehealth usage. In-person behavioral health utilization decreased early in the pandemic and declines continued in 2022, compared to pre-pandemic levels. Behavioral health still accounts for more than two-thirds of all...

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