Primary Care, Behavioral Health, Provider Colocation, and Rurality

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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.

Benjamin F. Miller, Stephen Petterson, Shandra M. Brown Levey, et al.

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 27(3), 367-374

05/2014

Behavioral health · Primary care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data