mHealth Intelligence October 10, 2023
Pediatric telemental health use surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing 30-fold over pre-pandemic levels by August 2022.
Telehealth accounts for a significant share of mental health service utilization and spending among pediatric patients in the United States, with telemental health service utilization soaring 2,300 percent higher than pre-pandemic levels in August 2022, according to new research.
There is an ongoing mental health crisis among American youth. According to a 2022 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report, nearly 20 percent of children and adolescents aged 3 to 17 have a mental, emotional, developmental, or behavioral disorder. Another study published earlier this year in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that the proportion of emergency department visits for pediatric...
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