McKnight's October 30, 2023
People with mental health problems received more healthcare visits if they went to practices that offered telehealth, a new study finds.
The researchers wanted to see if using telemedicine during the pandemic was linked to more visits for people with serious mental illness. Scientists examined data from 120,050 Medicare beneficiaries with schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder.
People who used mental health providers that utilized telehealth experienced 13% more visits compared to those who received care from practices who saw people mostly in person, the data showed.
The mental health practices were placed into three groups: Those that had the lowest, middle amount and highest proportions of telemental health visits during the first year of the pandemic. The researchers compared the...
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