Medical Xpress July 31, 2024
Many people enrolled in Medicaid who require psychiatric care have difficulty accessing clinicians in a timely manner despite the higher need in this population, according to a study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.
The results published July 31 in JAMA found that few psychiatrists and other mental health professionals who are listed as accepting new patients enrolled in Medicaid are actually reachable and have appointments available.
In cases when appointments could be made, wait times sometimes extended up to six months. The research was conducted by first author Dr. Diksha Brahmbhatt (M.D. ’24), who is now a resident physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and senior author Dr. William Schpero, assistant professor of population health sciences.
The research team...
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