Skip to main content
Rural Health Information Hub

Primary Care, Behavioral Health, Provider Colocation, and Rurality

Description
Results of a study regarding the colocation of behavioral health and primary care service delivery as related to rural. Study showed that 40.2% of primary care physicians in urban areas are colocated with behavioral health providers compared with 22.8% in isolated rural areas and 26.5% in frontier areas. Challenges include payment policies separating physical and behavioral health care, workforce distribution, and supply deficiencies, particularly in rural areas.
Author(s)
Benjamin F. Miller, Stephen Petterson, Shandra M. Brown Levey, et al.
Citation
Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 27(3), 367-374
Date
05/2014
Type
Document
Tagged as
Behavioral health · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data