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County-Level Estimates of Mental Health Professional Shortage in the United States
Psychiatric Services · 2009 · Vol. 60(10) · pp. 1323–1328
Kathleen C. Thomas✉(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Alan R. Ellis(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Thomas R. Konrad(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)Charles E. Holzer(The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston)J Morrissey(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Abstract
These findings identified widespread prescriber shortage and poor distribution of nonprescribers. A caveat is that these estimates of need were extrapolated from current provider treatment patterns rather than from a normative standard of how much care should be provided and by whom. Better data would improve these estimates, but future work needs to move beyond simply describing shortages to resolving them.
Primary Care and Health OutcomesGlobal Health Workforce IssuesHealthcare Policy and ManagementMental healthWorkforceEconomic shortageCommissionPsychologyMedicinePolitical scienceGerontologyPsychiatryLaw
MeSH terms
GeographyHealth WorkforceHealth Services Needs and DemandHumansMental Health ServicesPrimary Health CareRural PopulationUnited StatesUrban PopulationDatabases as Topic
Funding
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- Health Resources and Services Administration
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