Changing Patterns of Mental Health Care Use: The Role of Integrated Mental Health Services in Veteran Affairs Primary Care.
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| Abstract | :  Aiming to foster timely, high-quality mental health care for Veterans, VA's Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) embeds mental health specialists in primary care and promotes care management for depression. PC-MHI and patient-centered medical home providers work together to provide the bulk of mental health care for primary care patients with low-to-moderate-complexity mental health conditions. This study examines whether increasing primary care clinic engagement in PC-MHI services is associated with changes in patient health care utilization and costs. | 
| Year of Publication | :  1969 | 
| Journal | :  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM | 
| Volume | :  31 | 
| Issue | :  1 | 
| Number of Pages | :  38-48 | 
| Date Published | :  1969 | 
| ISSN Number | :  1557-2625 | 
| URL | :  http://www.jabfm.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=29330238 | 
| DOI | :  10.3122/jabfm.2018.01.170157 | 
| Short Title | :  J Am Board Fam Med | 
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